Naked

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

As used in legal phrases, the term means either without consideration or legal formality, or without support or corroboration.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Bare; incomplete; not full.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

This word is used in a metaphorical sense to denote that a thing is not complete, and for want of some quality it is either without power or it possesses a limited power. A naked contract is one made without consideration, and for that reason it is void. See Consideration. A naked authority is one given without any right in the agent, and wholly for the benefit of the principal. 2 Bouvier, Inst. n. 1302. See Nudum Pactum.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

As a term of jurisprudence, this word is equivalent to bare, wanting in necessary conditions, incomplete, as a naked contract, (nudum, pactum,) i. e., a contract devoid of consideration, and therefore invalid; or simple, unilateral, comprising but a single element, as a naked authority, i. e., one which is not coupled with any interest in the agent, but subsists for the benefit of the principal alone. As to naked "Confession," "Deposit," "Possession," "Possibility," "Power," "Promise," and "Trust," see those titles.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

See Nude.