Question

The legal term used to describe the sacrifice that each party must experience in a mutual exchange is that party's legal:

a. detriment

b. consideration

c. accord

d. release

Answer 1

The answer to the question above is option A: DETRIMENT. In law, legal detriment means the sacrifice, or in other words, the injury or damage that is experienced by the promisee because of the giving up of the privileges to practice a legal right in exchange for that promise from the promisor.