Definition of Contract under seal

1. Noun. A contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached.

Exact synonyms: Sealed Instrument, Special Contract
Generic synonyms: Contract

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contract Under Seal

contraceptives
contraclockwise
contract
contract bridge
contract in
contract killer
contract killing
contract law
contract of adhesion
contract of hazard
contract of sale
contract offer
contract out
contract programming
contract services
contract under seal (current term)
contractability
contractable
contracted
contracted foot
contracted heel
contracted kidney
contracted pelvis
contractedly
contractedness
contractee
contractees
contractibilities
contractibility
contractible

Literary usage of Contract under seal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of the English Law of Contract and of Agency in Its Relation to by William Reynell Anson (1906)
"The contract under seal. The only formal contract of | English law is the contract under ... Let us then consider (1) how the contract under seal is made; ..."

2. Hand-book of the Law of Contracts by William Lawrence Clark (1894)
"A contract under seal is necessary at common law— (a) Where the promise is ... (b) Formerly, corporations could only contract under seal, with some few ..."

3. Principles of the Law of Contract: With a Chapter on the Law of Agency by William Reynell Anson, Arthur Linton Corbin (1919)
"The contract under seal. The only formal contract of English law is the contract under ... Let us then consider (1) how the contract under seal is made; ..."

4. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1920)
"Original contract under seal—At common law. The effect of a new unsealed contract upon liabilities arising out of a sealed contract depends in part on the ..."

5. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1919)
"Rescission of contract under seal for fraud in the inducement—Statutory provisions. Under many codes of civil procedure it is now provided that equitable ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Contracts by Charles Greenstreet Addison, Lewis William Cave, Appleton Morgan (1881)
"Merger of a simple contract in a contract under seal.—If, after a simple contract or promise has been entered into or made, a contract under seal is ..."

7. A Treatise of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by Sir John Barnard Byles, George Sharswood (1883)
"387 Form of Pleading . . .387 But not on a Contract under Seal 388 Does not suspend Distress . . 388 Payment of Attorney . . . 388 Consequence of a Creditor ..."

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