ILLUSORY PROMISE
A statement that appears to assure a performance
and form a contract but, when scrutinized, leaves
to the speaker the choice of performance or non-
performance, which means that the speaker does
not legally bind himself or herself to act.
When the provisions of the purported prom-
ise render the performance of the person who
makes the promise optional or completely
within his or her discretion, pleasure, and con-
trol, nothing absolute is promised; and the
