29-101 Who May Contract
29-102 Enforcement by Beneficiary
29-103 Presumption of Consideration
29-104 Want of Consideration — Burden of Proof
29-105 Contracts May Be Oral
29-106 Contract Not Put in Writing Through Fraud
29-107 Corporate or Official Seal — How Affixed
29-108 Distinction as to Sealed Instruments Abolished
29-109 Construction of Conflicting Provisions
29-110 Limitations On Right to Sue Under Contract or Franchise Agreement
29-111 Debtor May Demand Receipt
29-112 Objection to Offer of Performance
29-113 Release for Personal Injury
29-114 Indemnification of Promisee for Negligence — Effect On Existing Agreements
29-115 Construction Contracts
29-116 Computer Information Agreements

Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 29 > Chapter 1 - General Provisions Relating to Contracts

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • seal: includes an impression of such seal upon the paper, alone, as well as upon wax or a wafer affixed thereto; or, alternatively, the seal may be the mark of a rubber stamp providing substantially the same information as the impression. See Idaho Code 73-111
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.