Cheap Motorcycle.Tony,a hateful,disgruntled business law professor,notices that Peter,a student who is past the age of majority,has bought a new motorcycle.Peter has struggled through school,is in his last semester,and needs to pass business law in order to graduate.Tony tells Peter that he would like to see Peter pass,and in the next sentence,Tony says that he wants to buy the motorcycle for $100,a price far below the value of the motorcycle.Peter asks if Tony is serious about the price,and Tony replies,"I have the power here!" Tony proceeds to draw up a contract for the sale of the motorcycle for $100 with lots of fine print by which he can sue Peter and recover any maintenance costs for the next five years.Seeing that he is at an advantage,Tony also throws into the deal that Peter will mow Tony's one-acre yard for $5 all summer long.After Tony tells Peter to either take the contract or leave it,Tony reluctantly signs.Which of the following is an appropriate term for the contract drawn up by Tony?

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An adhesion contract is a contract created by a party to an agreement that is presented to the other party on a take-it-or-leave-it basis.That is,the contract is presented as complete and as the only chance the presented party (known as the adhering party)will have to enter into the agreement.Although adhesion contracts are themselves legal,the presence of one does raise some potential problem indicators for courts.Given that adhesion contracts usually do not allow for debate regarding the agreement,courts tend to examine adhesion contracts to see whether they can determine how voluntary the agreement really was.