Detriment

Contract - Elements - Consideration
... Consideration consists of a legal detriment and a bargain ... A legal detriment is a promise to do something or refrain from doing something that you have the legal right to do, or voluntarily doing or refraining from doing something, in the context of an ... or offer) wants, usually being one of the legal detriments ...

Detrimental
... In astrology, a celestial body is said to be in detriment, or exile, when it is posited in the zodiac sign opposite the sign it rules (over which it has ... When a celestial body is in detriment it is said to be not comfortable in that sign and to tend to operate with the least strength ... The sign detriments are as follows Body Domicile Detriment Sun Leo Aquarius Moon Cancer Capricorn Mercury Gemini Virgo Sagittarius Pisces Venus Taurus Libra Scorpio Aries Mars Aries Scorpio Libra ...

Consideration Under American Law - Theories of Consideration
... The first is "benefit-detriment theory", in which a contract must be either to the benefit of the promisor or to the detriment of the promisee to ... there will be both an objective benefit and detriment However, there are certain contracts which satisfy one but not the other ... actually gained any legal rights, might satisfy the bargain theory but not the benefit-detriment theory ...

Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd V Maher - Judgment
... The High Court held that to avoid detriment through Waltons' unconscionable behaviour, Waltons was estopped from denying the contract ... will be performed and that the other party relied on that assumption to his detriment to the knowledge of the first party.’ This entails that if the plaintiff acts to their own ...