Difference Between Agreement And Contract.

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I am sharing with you the difference between agreement and contract. Often peoples make mistakes in understanding the actual difference between these two terms. Thes two terms are very confusing. I am trying to clear here at some extent.

Contract- According to section 2 (h) of the indian contract act '' an agreement enforceable by law is a contract''.

Hence every agreement and promise enforceable by law is a contract.

Agreement- According to section 2(e) of the Indian contract act '' Every promise and every set of promise forming the consideration for each other is an agreement''.

When there is a proposal from one side and the acceptance of that proposal by other side. it results in a promise. This promise from the two parties to one another is known as an ''agreement''.

As noted above, an agreement enforceable by law is a contract.

All such agreement which satisfy the conditioned mentioned in sec 10 of Indian contract Act are contracts. Section 10 is as under--

''10. all agreements are contract if they are made by the free consent of parties competent to contract for a lawful consideration and with a lawful object , and are not hereby expressly declared to be void''.

for the validity of contract section 10 requires the following essentials to satisfied--

1- There should be an agreement between two parties. An agreement arises when one party makes a proposal or offer and the other party excepts the offer.

2- The parties to the agreement should be competent to contract.

3- There should be lawful consideration and lawful object in respect of the agreement.

4- There should be free consent of the parties,when they enter in to agreement.

5- The agreement must not be one,which has been declared to be void.

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