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Pollicitation   Listen
noun
Pollicitation  n.  
1.
A voluntary engagement, or a paper containing it; a promise.
2.
(Roman Law) A promise without mutuality; a promise which has not been accepted by the person to whom it is made.





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"Pollicitation" Quotes from Famous Books



... worth a five-pound note; First because the dead testator Well, not wisely, loved the "cratur," More than that, had often been In delirium tremens seen; Secondly, because he signed When he did not know his mind; Third, because pollicitation Is not good consideration. Law, of justice independent, Gave its judgment for defendant. Poorer than he was at first, That unhappy plaintiff cursed, With a special satisfaction Cursed the day he brought his action. Would that he'd in India tarried! Would that ...
— Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics - Second Series • James Williams


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