Pact

An agreement, engagement. In Roman law, a pact was the utmost product of the engagements of individuals agreeing among themselves, and it distinctly fell short of a contract. "Whether it ultimately became a. contract depended upon the question whether the law annexed an obligation to it. A contract was a pact (or convention) plus an obligation. So long as the pact remained unclothed with the obligation it was called " nude " or " naked." " Nude pact. An agreement to do or pay anything on one side without compensation on the other; ' a promise without a consideration.

See Consideration, 2; Pactum.