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4.1-2  Necessity for Definite Terms

Revised to January 1, 2008

To be enforceable, an agreement must be definite and certain as to its essential terms and requirements.

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Presidential Capital Corp. v. Reale, 231 Conn. 500, 506-07 (1994); Dunham v. Dunham, 204 Conn. 303, 313 (1987); 1 A. Corbin, Contracts (Rev. Ed. 1996) § 4.1, p. 525.