Definition of Contrat

In French law. Contracts are of the following varieties:
(1) Bilateral or synallagmatique, where each party is bound to the other to do what is just and proper; or
(2) unilateral, where the one side only is bound; or
(3) oorwnwtatif, where one does to the other something which is supposed to be an equivalent for what the other does to him; or
(4) ateatoire, where the consideration for the act of the one is a mere chance; or
(5) contrat de Menfaisance, where the one party procures to the other a purely gratuitous benefit; or
(6) contrat d titre onereux, where each party is b;ound under some duty to the other. Brown.