The pre-existing duty rule is an aspect of consideration within the law of contract. Originating in England the concept of consideration has been adopted...

Promising to perform a pre-existing duty owed to one's contracting party also fails to make good consideration. However this rule has been considerably...

were already contracted to sail the ship. The pre-existing duty rule also extends to general legal duties; for example, a promise to refrain from committing...

consideration to modify a contract (because of what is called the pre-existing duty rule). There are two common theories that attempt to explain consideration...

is an English contract law case, which applied the controversial pre-existing duty rule in the context of part payments of debts. It is a leading case from...

consideration by strictly enforcing the pre-existing duty rule. The Washington Legislature in 2020, with RCW 49.62, nullified existing and future non-compete clauses...

upheld the contract. Angel v. Murray presents an exception to the pre-existing duty rule that would have normally required Maher to collect all of the refuse...

case serves as an example of when courts will strictly invoke the pre-existing duty rule in the interests of justice, in this case to protect an at-will...

if accepted, even though the debtor had a legal duty to repay the entire $10,000. Pre-existing duties relating to at-will employment depend largely on...

Call of Duty: Black Ops is a 2010 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It was released worldwide in November 2010...

contract. To aid in the interpretation of existing terms. To resolve ambiguity using the contra proferentem rule. To show, particularly in California, that...

citizens. But, the agreements need to be reasonable and not violate pre-existing laws like the Hindu Marriage Act. Indian courts allow a memorandum of...

intermeddler is a person who voluntarily, and without request or pre-existing legal duty, interjects themself into the affairs of another, and then seeks...

certain products. Excises are often associated with customs duties, which are levied on pre-existing goods when they cross a designated border in a specific...

according to The Neglected Duty, was that his government (along with all Muslim majority country governments) did not rule according to sharia. Faraj...

pay could be enforced. Another exception to the rule that performing a pre-existing contractual duty is not valid consideration for a new agreement was...

public-sector duty to close the gap between rich and poor will tackle the class divide in a way that no other policy has... This new duty to narrow the...

Company rule in India (also known as the Company Raj, from Hindi rāj, lit. 'rule') refers to regions of the Indian subcontinent under the control of the...

relationships. Courts may also recognise a duty to negotiate in good faith in situations involving a pre-existing relationship between the parties, particularly...

unusually high level of damage (e.g. due to a pre-existing vulnerability or medical condition). The eggshell skull rule takes into account the physical, social...

The crumbling skull rule is a well-established legal doctrine used in some tort law systems. It holds that where a plaintiff had a condition or injury...

it is an established rule that an action lies in favour of persons injured by misfeasance, by negligence in discharge of the duty but that in the case...

under the rule of Tokugawa Yoshimune, the law remained in force until 1862. The sankin-kōtai system was a natural outgrowth of pre-existing practices...

who was owed no duty by the attorney and would imperil the sanctity of the highly confidential and fiduciary relationship existing between attorney and...

which is issued after exports, the exporter is given a duty entitlement Pass Book Scheme at a pre-determined credit on the FOB value. The DEPB rates allows...

signed an agreement with Nintendo to bring future entries in the Call of Duty franchise to their platforms as part of their acquisition bid for Activision...

Type 181 shared its mechanicals with Volkswagen's Type 1 (Beetle) and the pre-1968 Volkswagen Microbus, its floor pan with the Type 1 Karmann Ghia, and...

often pre-existing amongst the pre-colonial societies, prior to their colonisation. Popular political practices of the time reinforced colonial rule by legitimising...

appointed in each of the eighteen existing provinces, relegating the alcalde to carry out only judicial functions. American rule brought radical changes to the...

and rulemaking duties to a pre-existing agency. When the agency begins to develop a rule, the agency must file with OMB to put the rule on the "regulatory...