Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Nudum pactum est ubi nulla subest causa praeter conventionem; sed ubi subest causa, fit obligatio, et parit actionem
Naked agreement (nudum pactum) is where there is no consideration besides the agreement; but when there is a consideration, an obligation is created and it gives a right of action.
Nudum pactum ex quo non oritur action
Naked agreement (nudum pactum) is that from which no action arises.
nudum pactum
[Latin "bare agreement"] 1. Roman law. An informal agreement that is not legally enforceable, because it does not fall within the specific classes of agreements that can support a legal action. ( But a pactum could create an exception to or modification of an existing obligation. 2. An agreement that is unenforceable as a contract because it is not "clothed" with consideration. - Also termed naked contract; nude contract; nude pact.