Question

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
If an agreement contains an undertaking to perform an impossibility, the agreement is _______________.

• A. void ab initio
• B. void
• C. voidable at the option of the plaintiff
• D. illegal

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

void ab initio

Void ab initio .

This expression signifies that a contract or agreement is void from the very beginning . The agreement of doing an act which is already impossible in known to be void ab initio that is void from the beginning .