void contract
Legally invalidate deal
A void contract is an agreement that has no legal force from the moment it's made—as if it never existed.
Contracts may be void because they involve illegal activity, lack essential elements like mutual consent, or require something impossible.
Unlike a voidable contract, which one party can choose to enforce or cancel, a void contract cannot be enforced by anyone: The court ruled the contract void because it was signed under duress.
- illegalityViolation of law
- offerProposal to provide
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- rescissionFormal annulment of agreements
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
acceptance · duress · mutual consent · meeting of minds · mistake · consideration · good faith · undue influence · lack of capacity · minor party · misrepresentation · written agreement · capacity · damages · severability · terms and conditions · ab initio · public policy
- contractslease, clause, oral, severance package, assent
- Contract Issuesbreach, violation, default, termination, cancellation
- German Contractsformation, performance, warranty, defect, delay
- dysfunctiondysfunction, malfunction, breakdown, failure, defect
- coercionduress, coercing, compelling, threat, forcing
- legal capacitylegal capacity, mental capacity, capacity, incapacity, competence