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
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
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.;