bilateral contract

bilateral contract
A contract under which each party promises or undertakes performance, the promise or the undertaking by the one furnishing the consideration for the promise or undertaking of the other, Christensen v Pugh, 84 Utah 440, 36 P2d 100, 95 ALR 608; a transaction in which each party promises performance, each party thereby binding himself to the other and each party reciprocally acquiring a right to what is promised by the other. 17 Am J2d Contr § 1.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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