Contracts - Requirement of Meeting of Minds II

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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/