Legal detriment
Encyclopedia
Legal detriment is a legal
term referring to the act of doing that which the promisee was under no prior legal obligation
to do or the refraining from doing that which he was previously under no legal obligation to refrain from doing.
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
term referring to the act of doing that which the promisee was under no prior legal obligation
Obligation
An obligation is a requirement to take some course of action, whether legal or moral. There are also obligations in other normative contexts, such as obligations of etiquette, social obligations, and possibly...
to do or the refraining from doing that which he was previously under no legal obligation to refrain from doing.