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

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 A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Jabberjee, Hurry Bungsho

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.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe

Who shall decide the question of nudum pactum or not?

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old