Real 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
At Common Law. A contract respecting real property. 3 Rawle (Pa.) 225. In Civil Law. Those contracts which require the interposition of a thing (rei) as the subject of them; for instance, the loan for goods to be "specifically returned." Contracts are divided into those which are formed by the mere consent of the parties and therefore are called "consensual," such as sale, hiring, and mandate, and, those in which it is necessary that there should be something more than mere consent, such as the loan of money, deposit, or pledge, which, from their nature, require the delivery of the thing, whence they are called "real." Poth. Obi. p. 1, c. 1, § 1, art. 2.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A contract respecting real property. 3 Rep. 22 a. In Civil Law. Those contracts which require the interposition of a thing (res) as the subject of them. See Contract.