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" A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the... "
The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in Congress, and legal arguments ... - Page 493
by Daniel Webster - 1851
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 4

United States. Supreme Court - 1819 - 816 pages
...clause, in the fallowing man' ner : " A contract is a compact between two or more persons, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one, in which a party biodj himself to do or not to do a particular thing. A contract executed is one in which the object...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, Volume 3

Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - 1835 - 526 pages
...the United Stales. "A contract, (says he.) is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract, is one...do, or not to do, a particular thing; such was the lavv under which the conveyance was made by the government. A contract executed is one in which the...
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 2; Volume 20

1843 - 498 pages
...same language, in defining an executory contract, in the case of Fletcher v. Peck (6 Cranch, 136) : " An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing." 3 2 Black. Comm. 446. Gifts, by the common law, are not regarded u contracts. 2...
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Speeches and Forensic Arguments

Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...Fletcher vs. Peckf this court says, " a contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one...government. A contract executed is one in which the object of contract is performed; and this, says Blackstone differs in nothing from a grant. The contract between...
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Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a ..., Volume 1

Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 pages
...said on another occasion) a contract is a compact between two or more persons. A contract is either executory, or executed. An executory contract is one,...which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing. An executed contract is one, in which the object of the contract is performed. This...
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A Practical Abridgment of American Common Law Cases Argued and ..., Volume 3

Jacob D. Wheeler - 1834 - 626 pages
...a,a•.umcit may bo brought; for these geneial words do nol include any promise and the ties, and is either executory, or executed. An executory contract is one...which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing. A contract executed is one in which the object of contract is performed, and this...
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The Political Grammar of the United States: Or, A Complete View of the ...

Edward Deering Mansfield - 1834 - 284 pages
...must be made between two or more persons. 2 § 252. Contracts may be either executory or executed. 3 An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do something hereafter.* Thus, if two men agree to exchange horses next week, or one of them agrees to...
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The Political Grammar of the United States: Or, A Complete View of the ...

Edward Deering Mansfield - 1834 - 284 pages
...must be made between two or more persons. 2 § 252. Contracts may be either executory or executed. 3 An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do something hereafter.* Thus, if two men agree to exchange horses next week, or one of them agrees to...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of ...

Indiana. Supreme Court, Isaac Newton Blackford - 1836 - 550 pages
...the United States said that M Ta contract was a compact, and is either executory or executed; that an executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do a particular thing; and that a contract executed, is one in which the object of the contract is performed,...
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The Political Grammar of the United States, Or, A Complete View of the ...

Edward Deering Mansfield - 1836 - 304 pages
...must be made between two or more persons. 1 § 252- Contracts may be either executory or executed. 1 An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do or not to do something hereafter. 3 Thus, if two men agree to exchange horses next week, or one of them agrees to...
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