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• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

CONSIDERATION (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from See also:

• CON

con-, and the See also:

• BASE

base seen in sidus, sideris, a See also:

• STAR

star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical See also:

• TERM

term)  , observation, See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, regard or taking into See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, hence the fact taken into account, and especially something given as an See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent or See also:

• REWARD

reward or in See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment; in the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract, an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act or forbearance, or the promise thereof, offered by one party to an agreement, and accepted by the other as an inducement to that other's act or promise (See also:

• POLLOCK

Pollock on Contract) . See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

Consideration in the legal sense is essential to the validity of every contract unless it is made in See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing under See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal . The meaning of the word is quite accurately expressed by a phrase used in one of the earliest cases on the subject—it is strictly a quid See also:

• PRO

pro quo . Something, whether it be in the nature of an act or a forbearance, must move from one of the parties in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to support a promise made by the other . A See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere promise by A to give something to B cannot be enforced unless there is some consideration " moving from B." While every contract requires a consideration, it is held that the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court will not inquire into the adequacy thereof, but it must be of some value in the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye of the law . It must also be legal, and it must be either See also:

• PRESENT

present or future, not past . See further CONTRACT .