Nudum Pactum
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Lat. A _ naked pact; a bare agreement; a promise or undertaking made without any consideration fer it, Nudum pactum est ubi nulla subeat causa preter conventionem; sed ubi subest causa, fit obligatio, et parit ac. tionem. A naked contract is where there ‘49 no consideration except the agreement; vut, Where there ig a consideration, it becomes an obligation and gives a right of ac. tion.
Plowd. 309; Broom, Max. 745, 750.
Wudum pucitum ex quo non oritur actio
Nudwm pactum is that upon which no action arises.
Cod, 2, 3, 10; Id. 5,14, 1; Broom, Max. 676.