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But the doctrine, that a moral obligation is sufficient consideration for a subsequent promise, is not free from doubt.
Rep. 123] totally void, the giving up of a paper on which no action would lie may be sufficient consideration for a promise.
Defendant demurred on the ground, among others, that the plaintiff's declaration did not allege a valid and sufficient consideration for the agreement of the defendant.
"Is a scholarship grant sufficient consideration for an athlete, in perpetuity, in exchange for his publicity rights and/or the waiver of any benefits that an employee would otherwise get?" asks Carfagna.
Where the promisee cares for, improves, and preserves the property of the promisor, though done without his request, it is sufficient consideration for the promisor's subsequent agreement to pay for the service, because of the material benefit received.
For example, in landscape architecture, there is a risk of designing 'green-washed' landscapes, whereby ecosystems are veneers of ecology, created without sufficient consideration for the necessary requirements and complexity of self-sustaining, stable and locally appropriate ecosystems.
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"The committee notes that some submissions expressed concern that the focus on Australian benefits may not allow for sufficient consideration of the interests of recipient countries," the report said.
We have spent more than 25 years gradually unpicking the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS), which was first introduced in 1978 without sufficient consideration of the long-term consequences for the public finances.
Firstly, donations may focus the public health community on interventions for which companies have cures – albeit donated ones – without sufficient consideration of cost effectiveness, opportunity cost or prioritisation.
In modern times, the courts, with legislative assistance in a fair number of the states of the United States, have recognized easy-going substitutes for the wax seal, such as simple writing presumed to have been made for sufficient consideration or, in special circumstances, parol agreement for valid consideration.
In modern times, the courts, with legislative assistance in a fair number of the states of the United States, have recognized easy-going substitutes for the wax seal, such as simple writing presumed to have been made for sufficient consideration or, in special circumstances, parol (oral) agreement for valid consideration.
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