Suspensive Condition
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
One which prevents a contract from going into operation until it has been fulfilled; as, if I shall arrive from Havre, the contract is suspended until the arrival of the ship.
1 Bouv. Inst, note 731.