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Mutual Contract

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

To constitute a mutual contract both parties must be bound. Without this reciprocal obligation no contract can be constituted. If for any reason a contract cannot be enforced against one party, that party is incapable of enforcing it against the other. 157 111. 342.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A contract binding on both parties. See 61 N. E. (Ind.) 12.