Pollicitation
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Civil Law. An of fer not yet accepted by the person to whom it is made.
Langd. Conti*. § 1.
It differs from a contract, inasmuch as the latter includes a concurrence of intention in two parties, one of whom promises something to the other, who accepts, on his part, such promise.
Grotius 1. 2, c. 2; I’othier, Obi. pt. 1, c. 1, s. 1, art. 1, § 2.