Literal Contract
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. A contract the whole of the evidence of which is reduced to writing. This contract is perfected by the writing, and binds the party who subscribed it, although he has received no consideration. Lee. Elm. § 887.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Civil Law. A contract the whole of the evidence of which is reduced to writing, and binds the party who subscribed it, although he has received no consideration. Lee. Elem. g 887.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Roman law. A species of written contract, in which the formal act by which an obligation was superinduced on the convention was an entry of the sum due, where it should be specifically ascertained, on the debit side of a ledger. Maine, Anc. Law, 320. A contract, the whole of the evidence or which is reduced to writing, and binds the party who subscribed it, although he has received no consideration. Lee. El. Dr. Rom. § 887.
Defined under Literal in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Roman law. A species of written contract, in which the formal act by which an obligation waa superinduced on the convention was an entry of the sum due, where it should be specifically ascertained, on the debit side of a ledger, Maine, Ane. Law, 320. A contract, the whole of the evidence of which is reduced te writing, and binds the party who subseribed if, although he has reeeived no consideration. Lec. El. Dr. Rom. § 887, 4