void vs. voidable
A void contract has no legal effect at all; a voidable contract is valid until the protected party chooses to avoid it.
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nulo / anulable
Nulidad absoluta frente a nulidad relativa. Las defensas de capacidad, misrepresentation, duress y mistake producen contratos anulables; la ilegalidad, nulos.
ExamplesEjemplos
- A minor's contract is voidable; a contract to commit a crime is void. El contrato de un menor es anulable; un contrato para cometer un delito es nulo.
RelatedRelacionados: capacity (minority, mental incapacity), mistake (mutual and unilateral), rescission
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