Law. Not qualified or restricted by further facts or circumstances; spec. (of a contract) made not under seal but orally or in writing.

Chiefly Law. Not otherwise supported, assured, or confirmed. Obsolete.

Law. Of a statement, promise, etc.: not formally attested or recorded. Now archaic and rare.

Of a right, debt, or claim: Not clear or manifest; not ascertained and constituted either by a written obligation or by a decree of a court.