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Consensual contractConsensual Con*sen"su*al, a. [See Consent, v. i., and cf.
Sensual.]
1. (Law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or
more parties.
2. (Physiol.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or
reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as,
consensual motions.
Consensual contract (Law), a contract formed merely by
consent, as a marriage contract. contractDependent De*pend"ent, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not
able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything,
without the will, power, or aid of something else; not
self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate;
-- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent
upon friends.
England, long dependent and degraded, was again a
power of the first rank. --Macaulay.
Dependent covenant or contract (Law), one not binding
until some connecting stipulation is performed.
Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose
changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
changes in another variable, which is called the
independent variable. contractWager Wa"ger, n.
Wagering, or gambling, contract. A contract which is of
the nature of wager. Contracts of this nature include
various common forms of valid commercial contracts, as
contracts of insurance, contracts dealing in futures,
options, etc. Other wagering contracts and bets are now
generally made illegal by statute against betting and
gambling, and wagering has in many cases been made a
criminal offence. Wages Wa"ges, n. pl. (Theoretical
Economics)
The share of the annual product or national dividend which
goes as a reward to labor, as distinct from the remuneration
received by capital in its various forms. This economic or
technical sense of the word wages is broader than the current
sense, and includes not only amounts actually paid to
laborers, but the remuneration obtained by those who sell the
products of their own work, and the wages of superintendence
or management, which are earned by skill in directing the
work of others. Contract
Contract Con*tract", v. i.
1. To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or
extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in
duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts
when wet.
Years contracting to a moment. --Wordsworth.
2. To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain;
as, to contract for carrying the mail.
Contract
Contract Con"tract, a.
Contracted; as, a contract verb. --Goodwin.
Contract
Contract Con*tract", a. [L. contractus, p. p.]
Contracted; affianced; betrothed. [Obs.] --Shak.
ContractContract Con"tract, n. [L. contractus, fr. contrahere: cf. F.
contrat, formerly also contract.]
1. (Law) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a
sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain
from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party
undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a
formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights.
--Wharton.
2. A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties,
with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof
of the obligation.
3. The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.
This is the the night of the contract. --Longwellow.
Syn: Covenant; agreement; compact; stipulation; bargain;
arrangement; obligation. See Covenant. Contract system
Contract system Con"tract sys"tem
1. The sweating system.
2. The system of employing convicts by selling their labor
(to be performed inside the prison) at a fixed price per
day to contractors who are allowed to have agents in the
prison to superintend the work.
Contract tablet
Contract tablet Con"tract tablet (Babylonian & Assyrian
Antiq.)
A clay tablet on which was inscribed a contract, for safe
keeping. Such tablets were inclosed in an outer case (often
called the envelope), on which was inscribed a duplicate of
the inscription on the inclosed tablet.
Contracted
Contracted Con*tract"ed, a.
1. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a
contracted brow; a contracted noun.
2. Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind;
contracted views.
3. Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace.
Inquire me out contracted bachelors. --Shak.
Contractedness
Contractedness Con*tract"ed*ness, n.
The state of being contracted; narrowness; meanness;
selfishness.
Contractibility
Contractibility Con*tract`i*bil"i*ty, n.
Capability of being contracted; quality of being
contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of
air. --Arbuthnot.
Contractible
Contractible Con*tract"i*ble, a.
Capable of contraction.
Small air bladders distable and contractible.
--Arbuthnot.
Contractibleness
Contractibleness Con*tract"i*ble*ness, n.
Contractibility.
Contractile vacuoleVacuole Vac"u*ole, n. [L. vacuus empty: cf. F. vacuole.]
(Biol.)
A small air cell, or globular space, in the interior of
organic cells, either containing air, or a pellucid watery
liquid, or some special chemical secretions of the cell
protoplasm.
Contractile vacuole. (Zo["o]l.) See under Contractile,
and see Illusts. of Infusoria, and Lobosa.
Food vacuole. (Zo["o]l.) See under Food, and see Illust.
of Infusoria. Contractility
Contractility Con`trac*til"i*ty, n.
1. The quality or property by which bodies shrink or
contract.
2. (Physiol.) The power possessed by the fibers of living
muscle of contracting or shortening.
Note: When subject to the will, as in the muscles of
locomotion, such power is called voluntary
contractility; when not controlled by the will, as in
the muscles of the heart, it is involuntary
contractility.
Contractive
Contractive Con*tract"ive, a.
Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of
contracting.
Contractor
Contractor Con*tract"or, n. [L.]
One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who
covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who
contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a
certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a
railroad.
Contracture
Contracture Con*trac"ture (?; 135), n. [L. contractura a
drawing together.] (Med.)
A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles,
generally of the flexor muscles.
Divisible contractDivisible Di*vis"i*ble, a. [L. divisibilis, fr. dividere: cf.
F. divisible. See Divide.]
Capable of being divided or separated.
Extended substance . . . is divisible into parts. --Sir
W. Hamilton.
Divisible contract (Law), a contract containing agreements
one of which can be separated from the other.
Divisible offense (Law), an offense containing a lesser
offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter
there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can
be a conviction. -- Di*vis"i*ble*ness, n. --
Di*vis"i*bly, adv. Incontracted
Incontracted In`con*tract"ed, a.
Uncontracted. [Obs.] --Blackwall.
Innominate contractsInnominate In*nom"i*nate, a. [L. innominatus; pref. in- not +
nominare to name.]
1. Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or
place. [R.] --Ray.
2. (Anat.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise
unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the
arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of
the superior vena cava.
Innominate bone (Anat.), the great bone which makes a
lateral half of the pelvis in mammals; hip bone; haunch
bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium,
ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult,
though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult
reptiles and amphibians.
Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts
without a specific name. Parol contractParol Pa*rol", a.
Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a
writing not under seal; as, parol evidence.
Parol arrest (Law), an arrest in pursuance of a verbal
order from a magistrate.
Parol contract (Law), any contract not of record or under
seal, whether oral or written; a simple contract.
--Chitty. Story. PrecontractPrecontract Pre`con*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Precontracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Precontracting.]
To contract, engage, or stipulate previously. Precontract
Precontract Pre`con*tract", v. i.
To make a previous contract or agreement. --Ayliffe.
Precontract
Precontract Pre*con"tract, n.
A contract preceding another; especially (Law), a contract of
marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a
subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it. --Abbott.
PrecontractedPrecontract Pre`con*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Precontracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Precontracting.]
To contract, engage, or stipulate previously. PrecontractingPrecontract Pre`con*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Precontracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Precontracting.]
To contract, engage, or stipulate previously. Simple contract 12. (Min.) Homogenous.
13. (Zo["o]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid;
as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or
written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W.
Smith. --Chitty.
Simple equation (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one
unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first
degree.
Simple eye (Zo["o]l.), an eye having a single lens; --
opposed to compound eye.
Simple interest. See under Interest.
Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny.
Simple obligation (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not
depend for its execution upon any event provided for by
the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of
any such event. --Burrill.
Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere;
uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere;
harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected;
inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish;
shallow; unwise.
Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere,
unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence
liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is
ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one
who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense.
Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness,
or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all
three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of
guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right
purpose, a defect of character as well as of
education.
I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose
your cunning. --Shak.
He is the companion of the silliest people in
their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every
impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. Subcontract
Subcontract Sub*con"tract, n.
A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.
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