Contracts
Unenforceable contract
A valid agreement a court will not enforce
The classic case in real estate is an oral agreement to sell land: the parties genuinely agreed and may perform it happily, but the Statute of Frauds means a court will not compel performance. A claim barred by the statute of limitations is unenforceable for a different reason.
How the exam asks about it
Distinguish carefully from void. An unenforceable contract exists; a void one never did.
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