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Nude

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Naked. Figuratively, this word is applied to various subjects. ' A nude contract, nudum pactum, is one without a consideration. Nude matter is a bare allegation of a thing done, without any evidence of it.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Naked; bare.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Naked. Figuratively, this word is now applied to various subjects. Nude matter is a bare allegation of a thing done, without any evidence of it.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Naked. This word is applied metaphorically to a variety of subjects to indicate that they are lacking in some essential legal requisite.

Nude contract. One made without any consideration; upon which no action will lie, in conformity with the maxim "ex nudo pacto non oritur actio." 2 Bl. Comm. 445.

Nude matter. A bare allegation of a thing done, unsupported by evidence.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Indecency; Naked, 1; Obscene; Obligation, 1; Pact.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

: Naked. Figuratively, this word is applicd to various subjects. A nude contract, nudum pactum, (q. Vv.) is one without a consideration; nude matter, is a bare allegation of a thing done, without any evidence of it.;