As a term of jurisprudence, this word is equivalent to hare, wanting in nec-essary conditions, lncomplete, as a naked con-tract, (niifluni pactum,) i. e., a contract de-void of consideration, and therefore Invalid; or simple, unilateral, comprising hut a single element, as a naked authority, i. c., one w’hich is not coupled with any interest in the agent, but subsists for the benefit of the principal alone
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
