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Although agency is a consensual relationship, resulting from agreement between the parties that one should act as agent for the other, it does not follow that all such agreements are strictly contractual, manifesting all the features of the common law contract. An agency may be gratuitous. If so, it is suggested, it is not truly contractual. Admittedly, the main difference between purely consensual and contractual agency lies in the absence or presence of consideration, in the form of remuneration of the agent of what he undertakes to do.  1, fiche 1, Anglais, - consensual%20agency

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Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Anglais

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Courts have used the word "consideration" with many different meanings. It is often used merely to express the legal conclusion that a promise is enforceable. Historically, its primary meaning may have been that the conditions were met under which an action of assumpsit(an early form of contract action) would lie. It was also used as the equivalent of the "quid pro quo" required in an action of debt. A seal, it has been said, imports a consideration, although the law was clear that no element of bargain was necessary to enforcement of a promise under seal. On the other hand, consideration has sometimes been used to refer to almost any reason asserted for enforcing a promise, even though the reason was insufficient(as in) promises in consideration of love and affection, illegal consideration, past consideration, and consideration furnished by reliance on a gratuitous promise where in fact there has been no consideration at all.(Yogis, 1983, p. 47).  2, fiche 2, Anglais, - consideration

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Technical sense, as in "doctrine of consideration."  3, fiche 2, Anglais, - consideration

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Français

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Le mot «consideration» n'est pas toujours employé dans ce sens technique. Ainsi, le tour «in consideration for the sum of» peut se rendre par «moyennant la somme de».  2, fiche 2, Français, - contrepartie

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contrepartie : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  3, fiche 2, Français, - contrepartie

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Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In the case of a gratuitous agency, the principal cannot compel the agent to enter on the agency, that is, to act as his agent, unless the contract is under seal...  1, fiche 3, Anglais, - enter%20on%20the%20agency

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Fiche 4,  Justifications,  Anglais

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A bare, voluntary, gratuitous act or promise, unsupported by any reciprocal undertaking will not be enough. There must be mutuality; a contract must show that both parties are bound in some way. The act or promise of one party must be performed or given in exchange for something actually done or promised by the other.  2, fiche 4, Anglais, - mutuality

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Fiche 5,  Justifications,  Anglais

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A contract in which the benefit intended for the promisee is not supported by consideration. (Cartwright, p. 412)  1, fiche 5, Anglais, - gratuitous%20contract

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A voluntary gift, conveyance, or contract is valid if under seal. (Osborn, 7th ed., 1983, p. 341).  1, fiche 5, Anglais, - gratuitous%20contract

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contrat à titre gratuit : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, fiche 5, Français, - contrat%20%C3%A0%20titre%20gratuit

Fiche 5,  Justifications,  Espagnol