Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

handsale.

Hist. A sale memorialized by shaking hands. ( Over time, handsale also came to refer to the earnest money given immediately after the handshake. In some northern European countries, shaking hands was necessary to bind a bargain. This custom sometimes persists for oral contracts. The Latin phrase for handsale was venditio per mutuarn manuum complexionem ("a sale by the mutual joining of hands"). - Also spelled handsel.