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The Effects of a Contract Confirmed by Oath

The Effects of a Contract Confirmed by Oath, as treated in Wouters (Point VII. On the Effects of a Contract Confirmed by Oath).

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contract sworn by oath · oath in a contract · swearing to a contract (ed.)

In the index as Oath · Contract · Contracts · Obligation · Rescindable Contract

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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § VI, Point VII. On the Effects of a Contract Confirmed by Oath, nn. ¶1 & 858 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P.

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. IV, Ch. I, Article III. On the Effect or Obligation of Contracts, n. 265 — 265. On an oath which is joined to a contract. Sometimes a promissory oath is added to a contract, by which the contracting party, under invocation of the divine name, obliges himself to fulfill the contract; e.g., a you… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 6 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Third Part: Concerning Com…, Sect. C, Ch. I, Question Five: On the Effect or Obligation of Contract, n. 475 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 2 passages

Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. I, Ch. IV, Article I. On an Oath Added to a Contract, nn. 497 & 498 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 18 passages

Tr. IV, Disputation VI: On the Oath, Question XIX: Whether an oath confirms contracts that could otherwise be voided, nn. 1–18 (18 passages)

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 14 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 1. Unlawful Contracts, nn. ¶1–¶14 (14 passages)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 3 passages (filed under the subtopics)

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part II — Chapter I: On Contracts in General, nn. 617, 618 & 619 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Consideration and the effects of contract — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)