A contract is said to be discharged by rescission: A. When terms of a contract are altered B. When a party makes novation of a contract C. When an aggrieved party exercises his option to avoid the contract D. When a party to a contract waives his rights under the contract E. Where none of the parties has performed its part for a long time and no other party has objected against it Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
C and E only
Rescission cancels the contract. It can follow exercise of a right to avoid it, or mutual abandonment inferred from both parties’ conduct. Thus C and E are intended; alteration, novation and waiver are separately identified modes of discharge. Mere delay alone is insufficient without conduct indicating abandonment.
| List I | List II |
| Features | Remedies for breach of contract |
| A. Breach of promise to marry | I. Suit for injuction |
| B. Part performance (as much as earned) | II. Rescission of contract |
| C. Absolvation from all obligations | III. Sue for quantum meruit |
| D. Mode of securing the specific performance of negative terms of contract | IV. Vindictive damage |