If a Contract Is Tainted by Illegality, It Is in All

question 6

True/False

If a contract is tainted by illegality, it is in all cases absolutely unenforceable. A court may not sever the illegal part of the transaction and allow the remainder to continue to bind the parties.

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Definitions:

Paraphyletic Group

A group of organisms that includes an ancestral species and some, but not all, of its descendants.

Common Ancestor

The most recent shared ancestor among different species or individuals from which they have descended.

Evolutionary Lines

Paths of descent or lineages that show the evolutionary history and relationships among organisms.

Genus

A rank in the biological classification system (taxonomy) that groups together species that are closely related.