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Q2.Was refraining from the things designated by the uncle really detrimental to the nephew, who was between the ages of about 15 and 21 during the period of abstention? Wasn't giving these things up actually beneficial to a young man by helping create good habits during his formative years? (Choose the best answer)
 
    Hello! Duh! Does anyone see that the promise was in writing? It is a contract.    

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Professor, it is like I said the first time. The point is that the uncle got what he asked for and thus, to quote the court, "benefitted in a legal sense."

Man, no beer, no weed, no cards, no pool. Benefited? What kind of wimp is this dude going to turn out to be?

That is true, professor sir. But it misses the point that the young man, in the court's words, "had a legal right to" do those things from which he refrained at his uncle's request. Giving up that right was detrimental to him in the legal sense and, thus, constituted consideration.

 

 
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