mutuality of obligation

mutuality of obligation
n.
The principle that both parties to a contract are either bound to it or not, but one party cannot be bound if the other is not.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


mutuality of obligation
n. The consent by both parties to a contract to pay, yield, or give up something in return for the benefits received.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


mutuality of obligation
The legal principle that provides that unless both parties to a contract are bound to perform, neither party is bound.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


mutuality of obligation
The legal principle that provides that unless both parties to a contract are bound to perform, neither party is bound.

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