Subtitle of this chapter: The Way of Climax, one (chapter) and one popular science. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Only Yanqian Yuan, Louis Baker, John McCall and Miss Helen Brown were left outside the crowd.

Of course, there was something wrong with the eyes of these three foreigners looking at Master Yuan. Mr. Baker and Miss Brown were full of worry, and Mr. McCall was naturally gloating.

He suddenly sighed and said, "Mr. Yuan, you don't have to make things like this because you are angry with me." Look how you ended up now......"

"The end?" Yuan Yanqian smiled slightly and interrupted him, "Mr. McCall, I remember you said that you got a New York State lawyer's license?" ”

"Paris of Manhattan" was stunned when he heard this, nodded and said, "Yes, I was originally from NYU Law School, and I came to Stern to study." Why do you care about this at this time? ”

"Da!"

Our Master Yuan snapped his fingers and said, "That's right, you start writing the contract." ”

The three little foreigners were shocked by these words at the same time, and said in unison: "Contract, contract, contract? ”

Yuan Yanqian said as a matter of course: "Yes, you ...... Miss Brown will forget it. You two are still students at Stern College, how come you don't know that gambling also has to be followed by basic ...... Well, that's what the law says. ”

In fact, gambling really has a proper term in jurisprudence, called shooting luck contract.

Shooting-luck-contract, also known as chance-contract, refers to a contract in which the performance of an obligation by one of the parties depends on the occurrence of an accidental event.

The most common types of lucky contracts are the various policies signed by the insurer and the insurance company. In fact, the two sides are betting against each other.

Of course, generally speaking, the policyholder hopes that something will not happen, but he is not sure that something will not happen, for the sake of "insurance", he will take out a little money and hand it over to the insurance company, and when something really happens, he can get a large amount of money from the latter to compensate for the losses caused to himself after something happens.

In fact, futures are also a hedging method like insurance, and the buyer and seller sign a lucky contract in order to avoid future price fluctuations and losses to themselves

Not only financial derivatives such as insurance and futures belong to this, but also various gambling behaviors can be regarded as lucky contracts.

Some people say that I play mahjong with my friends and fight the landlord, or go to the casino to play that don't need to sign any documents, what is this called a lucky contract?

In fact, the premise of your participation in such activities is a verbal commitment or acquiescence to the rules of these activities.

You don't necessarily agree to play Taiwan mahjong, but when people win the cards, they say, oh how do you have sixteen cards, isn't this a big picture?

You don't always have to play blackjack in the casino, and after opening the cards, tell the dealer, my card is obviously twenty-two, how can I lose to you blackjack?

From a legal point of view, as long as it does not conflict with local laws, as a natural person with full civil capacity, at the moment when he is clearly aware of and completely voluntarily participates in gambling, the natural person has committed to an oral contract, which is also called "shooting luck promise" in some countries, and all the civil legal consequences arising therefrom shall be borne by the natural person.

In short, there are three elements in a lucky contract: first, the parties to the contract. Second, the subject matter of the contract. Third, the true intention of the parties to the contract to be formed is expressed. As long as these three conditions are met, not to mention betting on the difference between the electoral votes in the US election, even if you toss a coin to guess the pros and cons, it also means the establishment of this legal relationship.

So, of course, gambling requires a contract.

John McCall hesitated, how could this Chinese be so confident, did he have inside information?

Immediately, he dispelled this thought, impossible!

This is a national election, who can control it? Even if someone can manipulate the presidential election, they only need to win, so why win so much? Well, even if there are so many wins, where did this Chinese know about it?

The point is that the election is not over yet!

I'm afraid this guy is sick, and he's not lightly ill.

However, as soon as he inadvertently turned his head, he happened to see Miss Brown glaring at him angrily, and the fire of jealousy in his heart rushed up.

Mr. McCall gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll write you a contract!" ”

Gambling is not just about contracts, it's about ......

Yuan Yan patted his head and said, "By the way, we still have to find a notary!" ”

Louis Baker suddenly said, "That's, Neo. I am a notary. ”

As a common law country, the U.S. government does not have a notary office, nor does it have a civil servant with such functions. Notaries in the United States are mostly independent natural persons, and the vast majority of them are part-time.

And being a notary public in the U.S. is even more simply inconceivable. In states with stricter rules, such as Washington State, applying to serve as a notary public also requires permission from a state senator.

However, other states, such as Master Yuan's New York State, don't even need the permission of the state senator. U.S. citizens who are at least 18 years old, local residents, and can read and write English, do not need any training or exams, as long as they fill out an application form and pay a $3 processing fee, they can get a seal symbolizing "great power" and a four-year appointment letter.

In some states, once they are qualified as a lawyer or law enforcer, they automatically become notaries, and they can register with the city government to perform the duties of a notary.

In short, a dog and a cat in the United States can be a notary.

So what is the use of a notary public in the United States? The usefulness is very small, they can only prove that the signature on the legal document is the customer's signature. That is, they are only responsible for the customer's signature, but not for the content of the document.

If there is any legal responsibility for the contents of the document, find the signatory. But if someone doubts the authenticity of the signature, it is a notary public who needs to be found.

But in the United States, a notary public is indispensable. Many legal documents are not signed by a notary public, and they are considered invalid in court unless there is extremely strong evidence. Moreover, this strong evidence does not include handwriting identification, because the signatory has many reasons to argue that he did not know the contents of the document at the time of signing.

Yuan Yanqian was overjoyed and said happily: "Oh, that's such a coincidence. By the way, how do you charge? ”

"Charges?" "It's fifty cents." ”

It's really cheap.

"Alright. Lawyers, notaries, that's all together. Uh-huh......" He nodded, turning his head to Miss Brown and said, "Helen, you're going to be my clerk,"

The little black-haired beauty said hesitantly, "Paperwork? But ......"

Yuan Yanqian took out her wallet, took out the check for fifty dollars, and said, "Don't be! Well, it's your employment fee. You check the contract for me, register the name and record the amount. ”

Miss Brown, completely confused, took the check and nodded dumbly.

Our Master Yuan thought with great ambition, with these three people helping me, why can't I make big news?

Well, it's just that I added my own words, there are exactly three men and one woman, which is not a good sign......