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Consent means that each party to the contract must agree to the terms of the contract. This requirement of consent fits the general idea of contract as a private law-making activity. However, consent does not mean that you have to know what the contract says. For example, when signing a rental-car agreement at the airport counter, you don't know what the terms are in this contract but you agree to them by signing the contract. The law presumes you have consented to a contract by signing it or manifesting some other type of assent, such as clicking on "I accept" buttons in dialog boxes on your computer screen.

Contract formation requires mutual assent to the same terms by the parties, generally manifested by an offer and acceptance. Current law favors an objective standard for determining a party's intent to be contractually bound. Thus, in general, communications are given the meaning that the recipient of the communication should have reasonably understood. Nevertheless subjective intent is relevant in determining whether the parties intended to be bound. Without such subjective intent, there is no contract.