This is often stated pragmatically as whether a court will imply terms so as to save a contract from uncertainty.
However, courts will generally imply in law that the promisor must act in good faith and reject the deal only if he is genuinely dissatisfied.
Berlin's highest criminal court issued an international arrest warrant for the Iranian intelligence minister for ordering the assassination and implied Khamenei was one of the masterminds behind the attack.
Liverpool City Council v Irwin [1977] AC 239 is a leading English contract law case, concerning the basis on which courts may imply terms into contracts.
The court implied that an acceptable standard would have to last for several hundred thousand years, but even the 10,000-year standard is mind-boggling.
A time should be prescribed for exercise of any option, though that could be extended by subsequent agreement and the court would readily imply a reasonable time if none were in fact specified.
In certain circumstances the courts will imply into the decision-making process a duty to act fairly and justly in accordance with the principles of natural justice.
(c) The courts will readily imply the rules of natural justice into a statutory framework.
In addition, the court may also imply a term; if price is excluded, the court may imply a reasonable price, with the exception of land, and second-hand goods, which are unique.
Ms. Witt, in Nantucket, estimated that in 28 or 30 states, courts have held or implied that domestic violence alone may make a parent unfit.