Executory Contract — Law Dictionary

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

See "Contract."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One in which a party binds himself to do or not to do a particular thing. See 6 Cranch (U. S.), 87, 3 L. Ed. 162.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One in which some future act is to be done: as, where an agreement is made to build a house in six months, or to do any act at a future day. See Contract; Performance. An agreement to sell and convey land, which is not a conveyance, operating as a present transfer of legal estate and seisin, is wholly executory, though it contains t.l itwords "grant, bargain and sell;" and produces no effect upon the estates and titles of the parties; and creates no lien or charge on the land itself; Simpson v. Breckenridge, 32 Pa. 2S7; Stewart's Adm'rs v. Lang, 37 Pa. 201, 78 Am. Dec. 414; Watson v. Coast, 35 W. Va. 403, M S. E. 249.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

<A contract which is to be executed at some future time, and which conveys only a chose in actien. 2 Bl. Conim. 443; 2 Kent, Comm. 511, 512, note. See Execurep Contract.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A contract which is to be executed at some future time, and which conveys only a c Jiose in action. 2 Bl. Com. 443. 2 Eent*s Com. 611, 612, note. See Executed contract.