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Definition :

Unilateral contract. When the party to whom an engagement is made makes no express agreement on his part the contract is called unilateral, even in cases where the civil law attached certain obliga-tions to his acceptance. A loan of money and a loan for use were of this kind, Civ. Law.

A promise without consideration is of this nature if by deed it is prima facie enforceable. See CONSIDERATION.