Consideration in English law
Something of value promised by parties to a contract to each other / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about consideration under English law. For an American focused article, see Consideration in American law.
Consideration is an English common law concept within the law of contract, and is a necessity for simple contracts (but not for special contracts by deed). The concept of consideration has been adopted by other common law jurisdictions, including the US.
Consideration can be anything of value (such as any goods, money, services, or promises of any of these), which each party gives as a quid pro quo to support their side of the bargain. Mutual promises constitute consideration for each other.[lower-alpha 1] If only one party offers consideration, the agreement is a "bare promise" and is unenforceable.