Contract of sale

Short description: Legal contract for the purchase of assets

Contract law

Part of the common law series
Contract formation

* Offer and acceptance
* Posting rule
* Mirror image rule
* Invitation to treat
* Firm offer
* Consideration
* Implication-in-fact
* Collateral contract

Defenses against formation

* Lack of capacity
* Duress
* Undue influence
* Illusory promise
* Statute of frauds
* Non est factum

Contract interpretation

* Parol evidence rule
* Contract of adhesion
* Integration clause
* Contra proferentem

Excuses for non-performance

* Mistake
* Misrepresentation
* Frustration of purpose
* Impossibility
* Impracticability
* Illegality
* Unclean hands
* Unconscionability
* Accord and satisfaction

Rights of third parties

* Privity of contract
* Assignment
* Delegation
* Novation
* Third-party beneficiary

Breach of contract

* Anticipatory repudiation
* Cover
* Exclusion clause
* Efficient breach
* Deviation
* Fundamental breach

Remedies

* Specific performance
* Liquidated damages
* Penal damages
* Rescission

Quasi-contractual obligations

* Promissory estoppel
* Quantum meruit
* Unjust enrichment

Related areas of law

* Conflict of laws
* Commercial law

Other common law areas

* Tort law
* Property law
* Wills, trusts, and estates
* Criminal law
* Evidence

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In contract law, a contract of sale, sales contract, sales order, or contract for sale[1] is a legal contract for the purchase of assets (goods or property) by a buyer (or purchaser) from a seller (or vendor) for an agreed upon value in money (or money equivalent).

An obvious ancient practice of exchange, in many common law jurisdictions it is now governed by statutory law. See commercial law.

Contracts of sale involving goods are governed by Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code in most jurisdictions in the United States . [citation needed] In Quebec, such contracts are governed by the Civil Code of Quebec as a nominate contract in the book on the law of obligations. In some Muslim countries it is governed by sharia (Islamic law); however, many Muslim countries apply other law to contacts (e.g. the Egyptian Civil Code, based on the Napoleonic Code, which beyond its application in Egypt serves as the model for the civil codes of several other Arab states).

A contract of sale lays out the terms of a transaction of goods or services, identifying the goods sold, listing delivery instructions, inspection period, any warranties and details of payment.

## See also

* Contract for future sale

Denmark

* Danish Sale of Goods Act

United Kingdom

* Sale of Goods Act 1893
* Sale of Goods Act 1979
* Consumer Rights Act 2015
* Bill of sale
* Part exchange
* Tendering
* Implied condition

## References

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