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Undue Influence

According to Henry Cheeseman, author of Business Law, there are "two defenses that may be raised to the enforcement of contracts" (Cheeseman, p. 245). These defenses are: 1) genuineness of assent - meaning that there must be genuine consent (free of duress, undue influence, and fraud) in order for a contract to be declared valid, and; 2) certain ...

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