Pourparler
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In French law. The conversations and negotiations which have taken place between the parties in order to make an agreement. These form no part of the agreement.
Pardessus, Dr. Com. 142.
POURPARTY (Law Fr.; Law Lat. propars, propartis, propartia).
In old English law
Division; a divided share. Literally, "for," or as "divided" (pour parti); a close translation of the Latin phrase pro diviso. To make pourparty is to divide and sever the lands that fall to parceners, which, before partition, they held jointly and pro indiviso, Cowell.