Unilateral
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One-sided; ex parte; having reflation to only one of two or more persens or things.
— Unilateral eontraot. See Contract.
— Unilateral mistake. A mistake or misunderstanding as to the terms or effect of a contract, made or entertained by one of the parties to it but not by the other. Green v. Stone, 54 N. J. Eq. 387, 34 Atl. 1099, 55 Am. St. Rep. 577.
— Unilateral record. Records are unilateral when offered to show a particular fact, as a prima faote case, either for or against a stranger. Colligan v. Cooney, 107 Tenn. 214, 64 S. W. 31.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Onesided. Unilateral contract: a contract in which the party to whom an engagement is made makes no express agreement on his part; a contract in which there is a promise on one side only.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Bilateral.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
One-sided, v. Contract.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A contract where the party to whom the principal promise is made makes no express tmdertakiug on his part, his obligations being left to legal implication, is called, particularly in modern civil law, unilateral. Bouvier; Burriil.