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Study Guide .......................................................................................... Section 2. — Object of Contracts. Articles 1347-1348 — Concept of Object of a Contract; Kinds of Object of Contract; Requisites of Things as Object of Contract; Requisites of Services as Object of Contract; Rights as Object of Contract; Definition of Future Inheritance; Validity of Contracts Upon Future Inheritance; Kinds of Impossibility ................................................ Article 1349 — Quantity of Object of Contract Need Not be Determinate ..................................................................................................... Study Guide ............................................................................................. Section 3. — Cause of Contracts. CHAPTER 2 — ESSENTIAL REQUISITES OF CONTRACTS GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1318 — Classes of Elements of a Contract........................... Section 1. — Consent Article 1319 — Meaning of Consent; Meaning of Offer; Offer must be Certain and Seriously Intended; Meaning of Acceptance; Acceptance of Offer must be Clear and Absolute.............................................................. Article 1320 — Form of Acceptance of Offer ..................................... Article 1321 — Matters that May be Fixed by the Offerer; Communication of the Offer......................................................................... Article 1322 — Communication of Acceptance ................................. Article 1323 — When Offer Becomes Ineffective; Other Grounds Which Render Offer Ineffective ................................................................... Article 1324 — Meaning of Contract of Option; Option Period Option Money; Withdrawal of Offer Where Period Stipulated for Acceptance; Articles 1324 and 1479 Compared ........................................... . 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Article 1330 — Characteristics of Consent; Vices of Consent; Causes Vitiating Consent and Causes of Incapacity Distinguished.. Article 1331 — Meaning of Mistake or Error; Nature of Mistake; Mistake of Fact to Which Law Refers; Mistake of Fact Which Does Not Vitiate Consent; Effect of Mistake of Account ................................ Article 1332 — Burden of Proof in Case of Mistake or Fraud ......... Article 1333 — Effect of Knowledge of Risk....................................... Article 1334 — Meaning of Mistake of Law; Effect of Mistake of Law; When Mistake of Law Vitiates Consent; Requisites for the Application of Article 1334 ........................................................................... Article 1335 — Nature of Violence or Force; Nature of Intimidation or Threat; Factors to Determine Degree of Intimidation; Threat to Enforce Just or Legal Claim ........................................................ Article 1336 — Violence or Intimidation by a Third Person............ Article 1337 — Meaning of Undue Influence; Nature of Undue Influence; Circumstances to Be Considered ............................................. Article 1350 — Meaning of Cause; Cause Distinguished from Object; Classification of Contracts According to Cause ........................ Article 1351 — Meaning of Motive; Cause Distinguished from Motive ........................................................................................................... Articles 1352-1353 — Requisites of Cause; Effect of Absence of Cause; Effect of Failure of Cause; Effect of Illegality of Cause; Effect of Falsity of Cause ....................................................................................... Article 1354 — Cause Presumed to Exist and Lawful .................... Article 1355 — Meaning of Lesion; Effect of Lesion or Inadequacy of Cause ........................................................................................................ Study Guide .......................................................................................... CHAPTER 3 — FORM OF CONTRACTS Article 1356 — Meaning of Form of Contract; Forms of Con- tract; When Contract Considered in Written Form; Classification of Contracts According to Form; Rules Regarding Form of Contracts; Form for Validity of Contract; Form for Enforceability of Contract ............................................................................................ Article 1357 — Form for the Convenience of the Parties ...............
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