synallagmaticadj.
/sɪnalaɡˈmatɪk/ Relating to or of the nature of a contract or mutual engagement; imposing mutual obligations; reciprocally binding: esp. in Civil Law, of a treaty or the like.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective]
conventional1583
contracting1649
synallagmatic1792
contractual1861
synallagmatical1871
1792 Ann. Reg., St. Papers 251/1 These cessions..which are synallagmatic acts,..being infringed by the usurping assembly, would be at present annulled.
1818 H. T. Colebrooke Treat. Obligations & Contracts 16 Mutual or synallagmatic contracts are either perfectly or imperfectly reciprocal.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. Comm. 362 The several proffered and accepted promises are called a Bilateral or Synallagmatic Convention.
1898 19th Cent. Feb. 234 A synallagmatic contract between two States.
Derivatives
synallagˈmatical adj.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective]
conventional1583
contracting1649
synallagmatic1792
contractual1861
synallagmatical1871
1871 Daily News 20 Apr. 5 Armistice and ‘synallagmatical’ amnesty... When these terms are mutually—I beg pardon—synallagmatically accepted, then we are told that the peace will be without conquerors and without conquered.
synallagˈmatically adv.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adverb] > in contractual terms or manner
contractedly1635
covenantly1648
synallagmatically1871
contractually1919
1871 Daily News 20 Apr. 5 Armistice and ‘synallagmatical’ amnesty... When these terms are mutually—I beg pardon—synallagmatically accepted, then we are told that the peace will be without conquerors and without conquered.
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adj.1792