“How To Live Within Contracts” (Understanding Their Essence and Nature) By Taj Tarik Bey of the Moors Order of THE Roundtable In our everyday life affairs and activities, we are consciously and unconsciously making, constructing, and motivated by Contracts. We are held obligatorily liable or responsible by way of some form of Contract from time to time. Contracts may be social, personal, or national, etc. In many instances, the operative nature, and the obligatory enforcement of these Contracts (real and assumed) may and do affect us all in one way or another. The outcomes and effects of these inter-relational ‘obligations’ (due to these contracts) may be beneficial or injurious; positive, or negative. Therefore, we should all have a conscious knowledge and awareness of fundamental ‘Contract Law’. And so we extend the questions to the issue: What is a Contract? What makes a Contract valid (binding and lawful)? What makes a Contract invalid (void and unlawful)? Too often, the ‘nature’ and the ‘essence’ of Contracts have not been taken into thoughtful consideration by many natural people. Furthermore, the conditions and the legitimate construction of the same have not been taught by those corporate State agents or agencies (governments, schools, etc.). Many people (holding seats of Authority) have ‘colorably’ abused the Natural People, and have economically benefited from the ignorance groomed among the masses – an ignorance which they themselves have perpetrated for reasons of theft, Arbitrary, Racketeering, legal abuse, personal gain, and other forms of deception and Misprision. The unfortunate social and political reality is that the ‘United States Republic’ of North America and the Natural Aboriginals of the Land have been subverted. The operative governments are usurpingly functioning under a ‘Color-of-Authority’ through a foreign ‘Body Politic’ at all levels – Federal, State, City / Town, and Municipal, etc. The usurping ‘Body Politic’ (criminals / usurpers) boldly refer to themselves as ‘The U.S. Democracy’. One body politic is Constitutional; the other is not! By what Contract is this fact or ruling determined? LET US NOW TAKE A LOGISTICAL LOOK AT CONTRACTS. Contract is derived from the Old Moorish Latin word, contrahere [con + trahere] and means to draw; to agree upon; to establish by agreement; to enter upon; and to undertake mutually. Contracts are essentially manifest written or oral agreements or covenants that are mutually entered into by two or more parties; involving or bringing the said parties into conditional obligations which are enforceable by Law. They may be classified in accord with the nature and elements that initiated their constructions, etc. A Contract is thusly a ‘Promissory Note’ or covenant between the identified and competent parties that ‘Creates’ ‘Modifies’ or ‘Destroys’ a legal relation, upon sufficient and non-vague consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing. Upon the promise created by a Contract, one side assents to the other. This is why a consciousness of the nature and essence of Contracts are necessary elements of everyday living, and demonstrative of why we all must be diligent in our social, personal and National affairs. Thus, we must be aware that a valid and lawful Contract must demonstrate the following: Note that a Valid and Lawful Contract Must: A. Show in its preliminary making, the ‘Offer’ by one, and the ‘Acceptance’ by the other. B. Be producible (exist) upon demand by any party in connection to the Contract, in question or controversy. C. Be in manifest writing, containing the details of the agreement, with all terms, obligations and conditions, which clearly show and serve as proof that an obligation exists. D. Be a deliberate agreement between competent parties. E. Party cannot be a minor. F. Be entered into by ‘free-will’. G. Not be created under threat, duress, or coercion. H. Be substantive to subject matter. I. Be of legal consideration. J. Possess mutuality of ‘Agreement’, and mutuality of ‘Obligation’. K. Must not be vague, unclear, uncertain, or contain terms or conditions that are not ascertainable. L. Must show valid signatures of parties to the Contract instrument to verify its validity. The Scholar is encouraged to study and review these conditions and forms for further clarification on the specific character or elements of Contracts: 14. 2. Communicative and Independent Contracts. 15. 16. 3. Expressed and Implied Contracts. 17. 4. Mutual Interest and Mixed Contracts. 18. 5. Fair and Reasonable Contracts. 19. 6. Constructive Contracts. 20. 7. Consensual and Real Contracts. 21. 8. Conditional Contracts. 22. 9. Divisible and Indivisible Contracts. 23. 10. Executed and Executory Contracts. 24. 11. Gratuitous and Onerous Contracts. 25. 12. Joint and Several Contracts. 13. A Pre-Contract. 1. Certain and Hazardous Contracts. A Parol Contract. A Personal Contract. A Principal and Accessory Contract. A Sub-Contract. A Special Contract. Quasi Contracts. Record, Simple, and Specialty Contracts. Unconscionable Contracts. Unilateral and Bilateral Contracts. Usurious Contracts. Written Contracts. A Contract of Sale.