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Understood

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Agreed. Higginson v. Weld, 14 Gray (Mass.) 165. It falls short of alleging a distinct express contract Black v. Columbia, 19 S. C. 419, 45 Am. Rep. 785.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The phrase "it is understood," when employed as a word of contract in a written agreement, has the same force as the words "it is agreed." Higgin-son v. Weld, 14 Gray (Mass.) 165.