promisee

American  

[prom-uh-see] / ˌprɒm əˈsi /

noun

Law.

1. a person to whom a promise is made.

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promisee British  

/ ˌprɒmɪˈsiː /

noun

1. contract law a person to whom a promise is made See promisor

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Etymology

Origin of promisee

First recorded in 1725–35; promise + -ee

Example Sentences

Here, too, the peace was threatened and politically organized society might give a remedy to the promisee, lest he invoke the help of his fellow citizens or his neighbors.

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

The delivery is a necessary condition to the promisor's doing the kindness, and if he does it, the delivery, so far from being a detriment to the promisee, is a clear benefit to him.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

From his master's legal capacity a slave derives ability to be promisee in a stipulation.

From The Institutes of Justinian by Moyle, John Baron

That is, as it is commonly explained, unless the promisee has either conferred a benefit on the promisor, or incurred a detriment, as the inducement to the promise.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

The mere will of the person who undertook or the claim of the promisee was not a reason for enforcing.

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