want of consideration. The lack of consideration for a contract. See CONSIDERATION(1). Cf. FAILURE OF CONSIDERATION. [Cases: Contracts 54(1), 84; Sales 21. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 87, 134; Sales § 27.]
want of consideration 对价的欠缺 在一般合同法中,指就某一合同完全缺乏任何有效的对价。它与「对价的灭失」〔failure of consideration〕有所不同,后者是指双方当事人在达成合意时对价存在,后因一方当事人的过失或未履行允诺而致该对价丧失价值或不复存在。 (→failure of consideration; sufficient consideration)