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Comment by mapt

6 days ago

There are reasonableness limits inherent in contract law, under "Consideration".

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mapt

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cogman10  6 days ago

Unfortunately, no. Common law requires famously very little consideration for a contract to be valid [1]. I can sign a contract where I give $100 and am given a penny back and that'd be valid consideration.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppercorn_(law)

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