Do you believe that a promise would hold up in a court of law?

Question

When does a promise constitute consideration? Do you believe that a promise would hold up in a court of law?

Answer 1

NO,

A promise is worth the paper it is written on. The only promise that can be held to be binding in a court would be a contract.

A contract is a written document that requires one side to render as service for an agreed on price paid by the other side, with the signature of both parties.

If someone promises to do something for you then that is fine and nifty, and legally it isn't worth the air they breathed to make the promise. All that matters is what is written down and agreed to by both parties.

Morally a promise is binding, but without a document it becomes a case of he said, she said. You don't have proof of what the actual terms of the contract were. If you have a witness then you might have proof, but it still won't hold up in a court of law.

I was taught that a man (or woman) is just as good as their promise and if you make a promise then you have to do the best that you can do to fulfill it, but that is just ethics and not law.

Answer 2

A contract consists of three elements: Offer, Acceptance and Consideration. A Promise is generally seen as being within either the element of Offer or Acceptance. Oral contracts are enforced every day in the courts.
The difficulty of proof is handled by the swearing contest, where one side swears the promise was made, while the other says it was not. The jury has to decide between them. They usually use details like how one person or the other may have changed their position and their actions in reliance upon the promise of the other.
There are some promises, however, which are required by law to be in writing. This is usually governed by the "Statute of Frauds." The terms of this will differ from state-to-state because it is statutory.

Answer 3

yes. an engagement ring is evidence of a promise to marry. this constitutes an implicit contract.

Answer 4

depends on what the promise was about it could be held as a verbal agreement

Answer 5

Absolutely not. Unless of course you had it in writing and it was signed and notarzied as a legal document.

Answer 6

Yes, it's called a verbal contract.

However, proving that someone said something is very, very hard.

Answer 7

no but it should

Answer 8

no, justice is blind'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''