What Is Substantial Performance

question 26

Multiple Choice

What is substantial performance?

• A) If one side has performed, but not completely, so that the other side has received a benefit, the nonbreaching party owes something for the value received.
• B) If one side has made efforts to perform, so that the other side has received a detrimental service, the nonbreaching party owes something for the effort made.
• C) If the goods delivered according to the contract are the exact things ordered, and the party receives a detrimental performance, the nonbreaching party owes something for the damages done.
• D) If one side has performed according to the contract and the other side is not satisfied, the latter owes something for the effort made.
• E) When zero performance was executed, none of the parties owe anything to each other.

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Definitions:

Membrane Depolarizes

The process by which a cell membrane's voltage becomes less negative, leading to the possible firing of an action potential in neurons.

Sperm

Male gamete having a haploid number of chromosomes and the ability to fertilize an egg, the female gamete.

Egg

Also called an ovum; haploid cell that is usually fertilized by a sperm to form a diploid zygote.

Fertilize

The process of a sperm cell joining with an egg cell to initiate the development of a new organism.