A void contract is one that

• A. Has no consideration
• B. was never legally enforceable
• C. is automatically renewed
• D. is illegal

Answer: (B)

A void contract is one that has no legal effect from the start and cannot be enforced by either party. It’s invalid in the eyes of the law from its inception, often because it lacks an essential element or has an unlawful purpose. Saying it "was never legally enforceable" captures that idea precisely—the contract cannot be enforced at any time.

Think of why some other conditions don’t define voidness as cleanly: a contract with no consideration is typically unenforceable or may be voidable rather than inherently void from the outset; a contract that automatically renews describes a renewal provision, not its enforceability; and while illegality makes a contract unenforceable, the broad, general definition of void contracts is that they have no legal force from the beginning, which is best captured by the statement that they were never legally enforceable.