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A contract is an act as it were against an act … [Read more...] about CONTRACTUS ES QUASI ACTUS CONTRA ACTUM

In French law. Contracts are of the following varieties: (1) Bilateral, or synallagmatique, where each party Is bound to the other to do what is just and proper; or 2) unilateral, where the one side only is bound; or (3) Commutaif where one does to the other something which is supposed to be an equivalent for what the other does to him; or (4) Aleatoire, where the consideration … [Read more...] about CONTRAT

Latin, meaning A contract is an act as it were against an act. … [Read more...] about CONTRACTUS EST QUASI ACTUS CONTRA ACTUM

In old English law. A counter-tally. A term used in the exchequer. Mem. in Scacc. M. 26 Edw. 1. … [Read more...] about CONTRATALLIA

In practice. To disprove. To prove a fact contrary to what has been asserted by a witness. … [Read more...] about CONTRADICT