Contracts - Requirement of Meeting of Minds

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Civil Code:

Article

第 153 條

當事人互相表示意思一致者，無論其為明示或默示，契約即為成立。

當事人對於必要之點，意思一致，而對於非必要之點，未經表示意思者，推定其契約為成立，關於該非必要之點，當事人意思不一致時，法院應依其事件之性質定之。

Article 153   

When the parties have reciprocally declared their concordant intent, either expressly or impliedly, a contract shall be constituted.

If the parties agree on all the essential elements of the contract but have expressed no intent as to the non-essential elements, the contract shall be presumed to be constituted. In the absence of an agreement on the above-mentioned non-essential elements, the court shall decide them according to the nature of the affair.

Vocabulary

當事人  [dāngshìrén]  /persons involved or implicated/party (to an affair)/

互相  [hùxiāng]  /each other/mutually/mutual/

表示  [biǎoshì]  /to express/to show/to express/

意思  [yìsī]  /idea/opinion/meaning/

一致  [yīzhì]  /unanimous/identical (views or opinions)/

者  [zhě]  /-ist, -er (person)/person (who does sth)/

無論  [wúlùn]  /no matter what|how/regardless of whether.../

其  [qí]  /he/she/its

為  [wèi]  /to make/

明示  [míngshì]  /explicit expression/

或  [huò]  /maybe/perhaps/might/possibly/or/

默示  [mòshì]  /implied expression/

契約  [qìyuē]  /agreement/contract/

即  [jí]  /right away/

成立  [chénglì]  /establish/set up/

對於  [duìyú]  /regarding/as far as (something) is concerned/with regards to/

必要  [bìyào]  /necessary/essential/indispensable/required/

之  [zhī]  /(literary equivalent of 的)/

點  [diǎn]  /elements/

而  [ér]  /but/

非  [fēi]  /non-/not-/un-/

未經  [wèijīng]  /not (yet)/

推定  [tuīdìng]  /presumed/

關於  [guānyú]  /pertaining to/concerning/regarding/with regards to/about/

該  [gāi]  /that/the above-mentioned/

不一致  [bùyīzhì]  /different/

時  [shí]  /when/

法院  [fǎyuàn]  /court of law/court/

應  [yìng]  /shall/

依  [yī]  /according to/

事件  [shìjiàn]  /event/happening/incident/

性質  [xìngzhì]  /nature/characteristic/

Study

明示   explicit

默示 implicit/tacit declaration/