 A valuable consideration, in the sense of the law, may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other.  Harvard Law Review - Page 5341914Full view - About this book
 | Sir William Reynell Anson - Agency (Law) - 1906 - 470 pages
...Considera- Consideration ; and we may take that which is given in the fined. case or Curne v. Misa :— 'A valuable consideration in the sense of the law...forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility given, 10 Exch. 162. suffered, or undertaken by the other.' Consideration is something done, forborne, or... | |
 | Ohio. Circuit Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 678 pages
...was fully complied with by both parties Valuable consideration, in the sense of the law, may consist in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing...responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other. Any bon-a fide consideration, however slight, which works any benefit to the one party or any injury... | |
 | Reinhard Zimmermann - Contracts (Roman law) - 1996 - 1316 pages
...doctrine.171 This is 66 For a classic "definition", see Currie v. Mita (1875) LR 10 Exch 153 at 162: "A valuable consideration, in the sense of the law,...some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility, given, suffered, or undertaken... | |
 | M. P. O'Reilly - Law - 1996 - 428 pages
...seek to have the agreement rectified or to show that it is supplemented by a collateral contract. 40 "A valuable consideration, in the sense of the law,...some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility, given suffered or undertaken... | |
 | Reinhard Zimmermann, D. P. Visser - History - 1996 - 1218 pages
...definition is that valuable consideration may be 'some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or...responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other'.141 A mere moral obligation does not constitute valuable consideration;142 neither does a consideration... | |
 | Eugene Cotran, Chibli Mallat - Religion - 1996 - 612 pages
...Consideration would mean and include some right, interest, profit or benefit accruing to one party and some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility given, suffered or undertaken by the other.34 The consideration need not be for the benefit of the promisor. If the promisee does some act... | |
 | Ferdinand Fromholzer - Law - 1997 - 412 pages
...diesem Sinne gilt folgende Definition in der englischen Entscheidung Curie v. Misa71 als klassisch72: "A valuable consideration, in the sense of the law,...some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility, given, suffered, or undertaken... | |
 | Jürgen Oechsler - Law - 1997 - 494 pages
...Power, S. 27f. Dazu Walter Schmid, Zur sozialen Wirklichkeit des Vertrages, S.92f. 191 „A valuale consideration in the sense of the law may consist either in some right, interest, prof it or benefit accruing to one party, or some forebearance, detriment, loss or responsibility gitungslos192.... | |
 | Ulrike Müßig, Ulrike Seif - Law - 1997 - 376 pages
...Definition in Currie v. Misa [1875] 23W.R. 450, 453 (Ex.Ch.) per Lush, J.: »A vahiable considemtion, in the sense of the law, may consist either in some right, interest, praßt, or beneßt accruing to the one party or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility,... | |
 | Marnah Suff - Law - 1997 - 161 pages
...definition set down by Lush I in Currie v Misa (1875) is as follows: A valuable consideration in the eyes of the law may consist either in some right, interest, profit or benefit to one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility given, suffered or undertaken... | |
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