An injured party who rescinds a contract after having performed services may recover
the reasonable value of the performance rendered as: - ✔️✔️restitution.
When the damages sustained by the plaintiff can be measured in monetary terms,
specific performance will be: - ✔️✔️refused.
The breaching party is not liable for loss that was not __________ at the time of
entering into the contract. - ✔️✔️foreseeable
The amount that could reasonably have been avoided is deducted from the amount that
would otherwise be recoverable as damages. This is known as the doctrine of: -
✔️✔️mitigation of damages.
Courts of equity will not grant specific performance of contracts: - ✔️✔️for a personal
services contract.
When a judge enters a very small order for damages, when the plaintiff has not
sustained or cannot prove any injury or loss for a breach of contract action, she has
entered an order for: - ✔️✔️nominal damages.
A small sum of damages fixed without regard to the amount loss is known as: -
✔️✔️nominal damages.
The parties may stipulate in their contract that a certain amount of __________ should
be paid in case of a breach. - ✔️✔️liquidated damages
__________ damages are ordered in excess of actual loss and are imposed for the
purpose of punishing the defendant. - ✔️✔️Punitive
At time, a written contract does not correctly state the agreement already made by the
parties. When this occurs, either party may seek to have the court correct the writing to
state the agreement actually made. This rewriting is known as: - ✔️✔️reformation.
Compensatory damages are designed to place the injured party in a position as good as
the one he would have been in had the other party performed, and are known as: -
✔️✔️consequential damages.
A court of equity, at its discretion, may grant a(n) __________ to command the other
party to refrain from doing a specific act. - ✔️✔️injunction.