gratuitous contract

gratuitous contract
gratuitous contract see contract

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

gratuitous contract
a contract where one side is not onerous. Properly speaking, this cannot cover a unilateral promise, for the nature of contract is that it is bilateral. Accordingly, a bilateral gratuitous contract is one where there is merely acceptance of the agreement by one of the parties. In English law it would likely be treated as outside the law of contract because of the need for consideration. In Scotland it is valid and can be proved by any evidence unless subject to requirements of writing.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.

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