Law. A formal agreement, convention, or promise of legal validity; esp. in English Law, a promise or contract under seal. (The English equivalent of…

A mutual agreement between two or more parties that something shall be done or forborne by one or both; a compact, covenant, bargain; esp. such as…

An agreement, a contract, esp. (in early use) a marriage contract. Obsolete.

Law. An arrangement (typically one which is legally binding) made between two or more parties and agreed by mutual consent. Also: a document or…

Chiefly Scottish. The fact of obliging or binding oneself by formal promise or contract; a written contract, covenant, or bond; (spec. in early Sc…

An agreement creating legal relations.

Law. A contract, a bargain. rare.

a contract for the conveyance of mail.

An act of setting forth points or terms, as in an agreement or treaty; an agreement, contract, or treaty. Chiefly historical.

In the entertainment industry: (a clause in) a contract guaranteeing a performer work or (more often) payment. Now (esp. in the film industry) a…