counter-agreement

Updated: August 17, 2026

It followed from this, that though nobody could sue upon an agreement which he had not taken the precaution to mature into a Contract by complying with the proper forms, nevertheless a claim arising out of a valid contract could be rebutted by proving a counter-agreement which had never got beyond the state of a simple convention.

Sir Henry Sumner Maine - Ancient Law: Its Connection to the History of Early Society