Condition
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
(POSITIVE,) zn contracts. A positive condition consists in the case where a thing that may or may not happen shall happen, as, if I marry.
Poth. Obl. P. 5 Ce 3, art. 1; § 1.