nudum pactum

American  

[noo-duhm pak-tuhm, nyoo-] / ˈnu dəm ˈpæk təm, ˈnyu- /

noun

Law.

1. a simple contract or promise involving no legal considerations.

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nudum pactum British  

/ ˈnjuːdʊm ˈpæktʊm /

noun

1. law an agreement made without consideration and void unless made under seal

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Etymology

Origin of nudum pactum

From Latin nūdum pāctum literally, “bare pact”

Example Sentences

Otherwise, it would be simply a nudum pactum—a vow without consideration.

From Project Gutenberg

Who shall decide the question of nudum pactum or not?

From Project Gutenberg

And honourably did he fulfil this nudum pactum, for he became a most exemplary bookworm, burning his midnight candle at both ends in the endeavour to cram his mind with belles lettres.

From Project Gutenberg

Doubtless there was no consideration for the forgiveness, it was nudum pactum, or there may have been an implied contract that the servant should do unto others as he had been done by, but I rather expect the lord and his advisers only considered the justice of their act rather than its technical legal accuracy.

From Project Gutenberg

At the end of the eighteenth century Lord Mansfield came very near establishing it in our law by his doctrine that no promise made as a business transaction could be nudum pactum.

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