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frustration of purpose

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A quick definition of frustration of purpose:

Definition: Frustration of purpose is a rule in contract law that allows a buyer to cancel a contract if something unexpected happens that makes it impossible for them to achieve what they wanted from the contract. For example, if someone buys a car to use for a road trip, but then a flood destroys all the roads, they can cancel the contract because the purpose of buying the car has been frustrated.

A more thorough explanation:

"Frustration of purpose" is a legal term used in contract law. It means that if a buyer enters into a contract with a seller for a specific purpose, but an unforeseen event happens that makes it impossible for the buyer to achieve that purpose, then the buyer can be excused from performing their duties under the contract.

For example, let's say a farmer enters into a contract with a grain seller to buy a certain amount of grain at a certain price. The farmer's purpose for buying the grain is to feed their livestock. However, a drought occurs and the grain seller is unable to produce the amount of grain they promised. In this case, the farmer can use the frustration of purpose doctrine to excuse their performance under the contract.

Another example could be a company that enters into a contract with a venue to host a conference. However, due to a natural disaster, the venue is destroyed and cannot be used for the conference. In this case, the company can use the frustration of purpose doctrine to excuse their performance under the contract.

These examples illustrate how the frustration of purpose doctrine can be used to protect buyers from unforeseen events that make it impossible for them to achieve their purpose for entering into a contract.

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How’s your LSAT studying been going?
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I have never used lsat demon; how do their levels relate to actual lsat scoring?
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kinda go in 20 point intervals. 20 points if you have mastered lvl 1 difficulty questions, 100 points if you have mastered lvl 5.
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Getting 100 points is incredibly difficult though. anything baout 95 is pushing the 175-180 range. 90-95 is like 170-174 or so. etc.
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yeah but if you’re getting a 95 on all sections what LSAT score is that? how is that calculated?
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so 100 would be a 180?
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Yeah, 100 is like you would get a 180 and there's nothing more to teach you. I have only seen someone with a 100 like 2/3 times.
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are you taking practice tests that are being scored though?
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or just drills
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Yep, they get factored into it.
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I do drilling essentially every day. A timed section every 3, and a test every 2 weeks.
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re: WashU's URM lsat differential - fair to chalk that up to LSAT redaction weirdness messing w the scale or are they generally starved for URMs
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And an (albeit negligible) inverse URM GPA differential
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