Multiple choice

The following rule as to consideration is true:

  1. It must be adequate

  2. It must move at the desire of the promisor

  3. It must be present or future only

  4. It must move at the desire of the promise
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Explanation

The correct rule is that consideration must move at the desire of the promisor - the person making the promise. This means the act or forbearance constituting consideration must be done at the request of the promisor, not merely voluntarily. Consideration need not be adequate (it can be nominal), and it can be past in certain exception cases, but the essential requirement is that it must move from the promisee at the promisor's desire.

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