 | Jacob D. Wheeler - Common law - 1834 - 626 pages
...ET AL. 17 Mass. Rep. 131 ; M'CuLLocn v. EAGLE IKS. Co. 1 Pickg. 281. ^em .un pc). ^u?. Sedgwick, J. A contract is an agreement between two or more persons, to do an act, whereby the parties are bound mutually to each other, or one is bound to the other ; and both... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 696 pages
...contracts? What is a contract, and what is the obligation of a contract? A contract is defined to be an agreement between two or more persons to do or not to do a particular thing. The obligation of a contract is found in the terms of the agreement, sanctioned... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 738 pages
...the waiver, unless it involves an agreement which the statute of frauds requires to be in writing. A contract is an agreement between two or more persons to do, or not to do, a particular thing, on sufficient consideration. Here, Bosweil, it is said, agreed to waive his lien,... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Dictionaries, Law - 1859 - 736 pages
...Marshal], CJ 4 Wheatoría JR. 122, 197. A compact between two or more parties. Id. 6 CrancKs R. 87, 136. An agreement between two or more persons, to do or not to do a particular thing. Taney, CJ 11 Peters' R. 420, 572. A covenant or agreement between two parties,... | |
 | Thomas Spence - Admission to the bar - 1864 - 456 pages
...the Courts of Common Law are mostly for breach of contract, or for wrongs independent of contract. Of Contracts. A. contract is an agreement between two or more persons to do or not to do a particular act. Contracts in this country are either contracts by matter of record, deeds, or simple... | |
 | William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 520 pages
...the contract NEW-YORK. between the parties. But a contract is defined to be a bargain v^Jü^fí^ or agreement between two or more persons to do, or not to do, МАТНКЯ some lawful act. (1 Comi/n on Cant. 2. Poih. Oblig. 3, 4.) BJ¿H How, then, docs the insolvent... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 574 pages
...agreement. 3. Parol evidence is admissible to show and explain a latent ainbiguity in the contract. A contract is an agreement between two or more persons to do or not to do an act for a sufficient consideration. The word agreement, in the definition, imports that there must... | |
 | Millard R. Powers - Accounting - 1877 - 166 pages
...all its applications relates to the formation, performance or breach of contracts. A Contract is the agreement between two or more persons to do or not to do some particular thing. From this definition we derive as principal elements, or things to be considered... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - Law - 1879 - 1054 pages
...executed is one in which the object of contract is performed. Fletcher ». Peck, 6 Cranch, 87, 136. An agreement between two or more persons to do or not to do a particular thing. Charles River Bridge u. Warren Bridge, 11 Pel. 420, 672; Sturges r. Crowninshield,... | |
 | Alex Murdoch Gow - Conduct of life - 1883 - 224 pages
...miser? Neither is to be admired or imitated/ HABITS OF BUSINESS. 694. What is a bargain or contract? It is an agreement between two or more persons to do or not to do a certain thing for a price. 695. Is a bargain binding on the persons who make it? A bargain, like... | |
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