furo
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Can a business owner (a gym in this case) make a contract in MA to obligate a member of a gym to pay every month for an entire year, with NO termination clause (other than if you terminate early, you owe the remaining balance for the entire year)?
I'm assuming that legally, there'd HAVE to be a clause for early termination w/o penalty, such as military duty, etc. But does there have to be a clause that allows someone to terminate and just pay a standard, reasonable penalty? Think of rental contracts, your local cell phone contract, etc ... those have reasonable termination penalties even though you sign a yearly contract.
I'm assuming that legally, there'd HAVE to be a clause for early termination w/o penalty, such as military duty, etc. But does there have to be a clause that allows someone to terminate and just pay a standard, reasonable penalty? Think of rental contracts, your local cell phone contract, etc ... those have reasonable termination penalties even though you sign a yearly contract.