Mental Reservation
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A silent exception to the general words of a promise or agreement not expressed, on account of a general understanding on the subject. But the word has been applied to an exception existing in the mind of the one party only, and has been degraded to signify a dishonest excuse for evading or infringing a promise. Wharton.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A silent exception to the general words of a promise or agreement not expressed, on account of a general understanding on the subject. But the term has been applied to an exception existing in the mind of the one party only, and has been degraded to signify a dishonest excuse for evading or infringing a promise. Wharton. It differs from equivocation; in the latter the words employed, although doubtful, and perhaps not fitted naturally to convey the real meaning of the speaker, are yet absolutely speaking, and without the addition of any further clause, susceptible of that meaning; in the former some word or clause, necessary to convey fully the meaning of the speaker is held back. InL Cyc.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A silent exception to the general words of a promise or agreement not expressed, on account of a general understanding on the subject. But the word has been applied to an exception existing in the mind of the one party only, and has been degraded to signify a dishonest excuse for evading or infringing a promise. Wharton.
Defined under Mental in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A silent exception to the general words of a promise or agreement not expressed, on account of a general understanding on the subject. But the word has been applied to an exception existing in the mind of the one party only, and has been degraded to signify a dishonest excuse for evading or infringing a promise. Wharton.