Nominate Contract
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A contract distinguished by a particular name, the use of which name determines the rights of all the parties to the contract; as, purchase and sale, hiring, partnership, loan for use, deposit, and the like. The law thus supersedes the necessity for special stipulations, and creates an obligation in the one party to perform, and a right in the other to demand, whatever is necessary to the explication of that contract. In Roman law there were twelve nominate contracts, with a particular action for each. Bell, Diet. "Nominate and Innominate;" Maekeld, Civ. Law, §§395, 408; Dig. 2, 14. 7. 1.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A contract distinguished by a particular name, the use of which name determines the rights of all the parties to the contract; as, purchase and sale, hiring, partnership, loan for use, deposit and the like. The law thus supersedes the necessity for special stipulations, and creates an obligation in the one party to perform, and a right in the other to demand, whatever is necessary, to the explication of that contract. In Roman law there were twelve nominate contracts, with a particular action for each. Bell, Diet. Nominate and Innominate; Mackeldey, Civ. Law §§ 395, 408; Dig. 2. 14. 7. 1.