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Positive Condition

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

One In which the thing which is the subject of it must happen; as, if I marry. It is opposed to a negative condition, which is where the thing which is the subject of it must not happen; as, if I do not marry,

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A condition which must happen to effect a right or a defeasance.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One in which the thing which is the subject of it must happen: as, if I marry. It is opposed to a negative condition, which is where the thing which is the subject of it must not happen: as, if I do not marry.