the.com/contract terms
the fine print where good intentions go to get legally specific.
means the specific promises and conditions parties agree to that turn a handshake into something a court can enforce.
from from latin contractus, meaning drawn together, because a contract literally pulls separate parties into one binding obligation.
boilerplate originnamed after literal steel plates printers used
unread clausesmost people skip terms in under 8 seconds
oral contractsoften valid, always harder to prove
unconscionability doctrinecourts can void terms too unfair to enforce