Definition of Gambling contract

1. Noun. A contract whose performance by one party is contingent on the outcome of a bet; unenforceable by statute in most jurisdictions.

Generic synonyms: Contract

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambling Contract

gambisons
gambist
gambists
gambit
gambited
gambiting
gambits
gamble
gambled
gambler
gamblerlike
gamblers
gambles
gambling
gambling casino
gambling contract (current term)
gambling den
gambling game
gambling hell
gambling house
gambling system
gamblings
gambo
gamboge
gamboge tree
gambogenic
gambogenic acid
gamboges
gambogian
gambogic

Literary usage of Gambling contract

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

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"While there is evidence in this case tending to prove that the contract sued on is a gambling contract, we think there are phases of the evidence to the ..."

2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"... which contract was executed by the actual delivery of the bonds to all but one of the subscribers, was not a "gambling contract" Nes v. ..."

3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1902)
"gambling contract. 1. gambling contractS—SALE OP SLOT MACHINES.- If the vendor of slot machines to be used as gambling device* goes beyond the act and ..."

4. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"... is not a gambling contract and a claim upon it is not invalid.87 Even though the original transaction may itself have been illegal as a gambling ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"This is what is termed a gambling contract, or a put or call, or an option to buy or sell at a future time, within the meaning of the Illinois Statute. ..."

6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"While there is evidence in this case tending to prove that the contract sued on is a gambling contract, we think there are phases of the evidence to the ..."

7. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"... which contract was executed by the actual delivery of the bonds to all but one of the subscribers, was not a "gambling contract" Nes v. ..."

8. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1902)
"gambling contract. 1. gambling contractS—SALE OP SLOT MACHINES.- If the vendor of slot machines to be used as gambling device* goes beyond the act and ..."

9. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"... is not a gambling contract and a claim upon it is not invalid.87 Even though the original transaction may itself have been illegal as a gambling ..."

10. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"This is what is termed a gambling contract, or a put or call, or an option to buy or sell at a future time, within the meaning of the Illinois Statute. ..."

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