Minimum age for agreeing to a contract?

Energize · 25 Apr 2008 at 18:50

Do you have to be 18 to be legally binded to a contract?

JBuk · 25 Apr 2008 at 18:50

Craig321 · 25 Apr 2008 at 18:51

JBuk said:
yes

Energize · 25 Apr 2008 at 18:51

So all those software eulas I agreed to are void then?

Glaucus · 25 Apr 2008 at 18:52

Energize said:
So all those software eulas I agreed to are void then?

That's a very interesting point.

JBuk · 25 Apr 2008 at 18:53

i would think technically yes, although you are not signing a contract so to speak

daz · 25 Apr 2008 at 18:55

Might want to read about Capacity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacity_(law)

Energize · 25 Apr 2008 at 19:43

So it would be completley legal for someone under 18 to say make a hackintosh or install oem windows on another motherboard?

Dist · 25 Apr 2008 at 19:49

Energize said:
So it would be completley legal for someone under 18 to say make a hackintosh or install oem windows on another motherboard?

If a person under 18 cant legaly agree to contracts and such, how can they legaly install windows if they cant agree to the terms and conditions during installation?

Raymond Lin · 25 Apr 2008 at 19:51

JBuk said:
i would think technically yes, although you are not signing a contract so to speak

a contract doesn't have to be signed.

PardonTheWait · 25 Apr 2008 at 20:07

Energize said:
So it would be completley legal for someone under 18 to say make a hackintosh or install oem windows on another motherboard?

You'd have to get your dad to do it

mattyfez · 25 Apr 2008 at 21:14

When you buy a packet of crisps, there is a contract of sale, so yes a minor can enter into a contract.

I some contracts have requirements like age though obviously.

Tefal · 25 Apr 2008 at 21:17

Energize said:
So it would be completley legal for someone under 18 to say make a hackintosh or install oem windows on another motherboard?

No you would be illegally installing software as you didn't/couldn't agree to the Eula.

Energize · 25 Apr 2008 at 22:17

Tefal said:
No you would be illegally installing software as you didn't/couldn't agree to the Eula.

That would make it illegal for anyone under 18 to install software, which I can't imagine being the case.

james.miller · 25 Apr 2008 at 22:22

you enter in to a contract when you buy anything. As mattyfex said, it'd be illegal to buy a packet of crisps if it were illegal to enter a contract under the age of 18. there has to be some some clarification on age limited contracts? anybody have any links?

Energize · 25 Apr 2008 at 22:31

Well the wiki page says, "In contracts between an adult and an infant, adults are bound but infants may escape contracts at their option (i.e. the contract is voidable).".

So it would seem that you can agree to certain contracts, but your not bound to them.