consensual contract

Hist. A contract arising from the mere consensus of the parties, without any formal or symbolic acts performed to fix the obligation.

• Although the consensual contract was known to the common law, it originated in Roman law, where it embraced four types of contracts in which informal consent alone was suf-ficient: (1) an agency agreement (mandatum), (2) a partnership agreement (societas), (3) a sale (emptio venditio), or (4) a letting or hiring (locatio conductio). Cf. real contract.

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资深译员Sheldon，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译有关零售和消费品领域的法律文件。