On Monday, July 22, 2019 10:41 PM, Jason Cobb <jason.e.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/22/19 6:39 PM, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote:
> > On Monday, July 22, 2019 9:02 PM, Kerim Aydin ke...@uw.edu wrote:
> > > I confirm (in public here) that there is a contract with at least 2
> > > parties, known as NSC.
> > > Can you point out in which message(s) - which, per Rule 2519, must be
> > > public - the parties consented to the agreement, thereby causing it to
> > > become a contract?
> >
> > -twg
>
> Ehh... not quite.
>
> Rule 1742 ("Contracts") reads:
>
> > For the purposes of this rule, agreement includes both consent and
> > agreement specified by contract.
>
> The contract could have specified other ways to agree to it, besides
> public consent.
>
> --
> Jason Cobb
Yes, "agreement" includes both consent and agreement specified by contract.
"By agreement" is the method used to modify or terminate a contract. There is
also (nowadays) a prohibition on players becoming parties without eir
"agreement". But none of those things form part of the *definition* of a
contract:
Any group of two or more consenting persons (the parties) may
make an agreement among themselves with the intention that it be
binding upon them and be governed by the rules. Such an agreement
is known as a contract.
i.e., if the persons are not consenting, the agreement (whether or not it has
been agreed to as specified by contract) is not a contract.
-twg
