In consideration of
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From 208 U.S. 561 - United States v. Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of Sioux Indians No 338 Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands of Sioux Indians · 1908Most cited · 15 citing opinions
The words 'in consideration of' do not import a technical consideration, such as is needed in a private bargain not under seal, but the inducement that led Congress to make the promise. It indicates the only inducement, and a different one cannot be substituted in its place, on the ground that assumpsit would not lie on the one named.