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At age 17, B personally signed an agreement promising to repay money borrowed from A. After attaining…

Sections 10 and 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 require contractual capacity. B lacked it when making the personal repayment promise. Attaining majority does not permit…

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At age 17, B personally signed an agreement promising to repay money borrowed from A. After attaining majority, what is the effect if B merely purports to ratify that earlier promise?

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Sections 10 and 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 require contractual capacity. B lacked it when making the personal repayment promise.

Attaining majority does not permit B to ratify a promise that was void from the outset.

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Option A

Ratification cannot supply capacity retrospectively.

Option B

A promise void for lack of contractual capacity cannot be revived by ratification.

Option C

Mere ratification after majority does not create a new enforceable agreement.

Option D

Lack of contractual capacity makes the original promise void from the outset.

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