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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 101<\/a> and 996<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262085,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72362,"identifier":"59.1-503.9","token":"59.1\/43\/3\/59.1-503.9","url":"\/59.1-503.9\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-503.9\/","token":"59.1\/43\/3\/59.1-503.9","dublin_core":{"Title":"Agreement for performance to party’s satisfaction","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-503.9","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), an agreement that provides that the performance of one party<\/span> is to be to the satisfaction or approval of the other party<\/span> requires performance sufficient to satisfy a reasonable person in the position of the party<\/span> that must be satisfied. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> Performance must be to the subjective satisfaction of the other party<\/span> if: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> the agreement expressly so provides, such as by stating that approval is in the “sole discretion” of the party<\/span>, or words of similar import; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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