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Unconscionable Bargain

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A contract which no man in his senses, not under delusion, would make, on the one hand, and which no fair and honest man would accept, on the other. 4 Bouv. Inst, note 8848.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A contract which no man in his senses, not under delusion, would make, on the one hand, and which no fair and honest man would accept, on the other. 2 Ves. 125; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3848. See Usury; Expectancy; Post Obit.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A contract which no man in his senses, not under delusion, would make, on the one hand, and which no fair and honest man would accept, on the other. Hume v. U. S., 132 U. S. 406, 10 Sup. Ct 134, 33 L. Ed. 393.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A bargain which no man in his senses would make, and which no honest man would accept; an inequitable bargain.