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On the recordJune 9, 1999
we are getting arcane. If a contract is illegal, it is not a contract. Just to say we have a contract, if there is no consent, if all the principles necessary for it to be a valid contract are missing, if a contract is inherently illegal, two people who engage in a contract for illegal purposes is not a contract to be protected under State law.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the validity of illegal contracts.

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