 | 1886 - 878 페이지
...of the most refined sophistry to establish such a proposition. A contract has been defined to be " an agreement upon sufficient consideration to do or not to do a particular thing:" 2 Bl. Com. 446. "An agreement in which a party undertakes to do or not to do a particular... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1887 - 748 페이지
...of an ordinary mortgage—is not sufficient to forfeit the claim. use (1 Chitty on Contracts, 2). " Contract is an agreement, upon sufficient consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing; from which definition there arise three points to be considered : First, the agreement;... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1887 - 824 페이지
...inadequate by law.1 More in detail, — 1 Some of the definitions in onr other books are — Bhckstone. — "An agreement, upon sufficient consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing." 2 Bl. Com. 442. Kent. — The same as Blackstone, both limiting the definition to... | |
 | Henry Allyn Haigh - 1887 - 569 페이지
...Kent's Commentaries, 492. Cooley's Constitutional Limitations, page 21. a particular thing;" (i.) — "an agreement upon sufficient consideration to do or not to do a particular thing." (2.) The foundation rule in regard to contracts is that every man r must fulfill... | |
 | 1888 - 330 페이지
...Own Lawyer. AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS. THE legal name of an agreement is a contract; which is defined, an agreement upon sufficient consideration, to do, or not to do, a particular thing. If under seal, it is called a specialty ; if not, an agreement by parol : the latter... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1888 - 864 페이지
...followed in this country is that which Blackstone quotes from some previous author (2 Bl. Com. 442) : " An agreement upon sufficient consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing." Kent accepts this, limiting it to executory contracts. 2 Kent Com. 449. It is found,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1890 - 850 페이지
...division. IX. || A contract, which usually conveys an interest merely in action, is thus denned : " an agreement, upon sufficient consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing." || From which definition there arise three points to be contemplated in all contracts... | |
 | Joseph James Darlington - 1891 - 490 페이지
...inquire more particularly of what a con tract itself consists. A contract, as defined by Blackstone,2 is "an agreement upon sufficient consideration to do or not to do a particular thing." This agreement may be either express or implied; for the law always implies a promise... | |
 | Thomas Brett - 1891 - 660 페이지
...CONTRACTS. CHAPTER I. DIFFERENT CLASSES oF CoNTRACTS. Contracts.—A contract is defined by Blackstone to be an " agreement upon sufficient consideration to do or not to do a particular thing." It has also been well defined by Sir \V. Anson as " an agreement enforceable at... | |
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A contract, which usually conveys an interest merely in action, is thus defined: 'an agreement upon sufficient consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing'. 
