The Effects of a Contract under a Mode

A contract or gift made under a mode or charge, and what binds when the charge is not fulfilled.

The works themselves ask 4 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

contract with an obligation attached · gift with conditions attached (ed.)

In the index as Mode · Obligation · Contracts · Contract · Penalty · Contract under a cause · Demonstration · Disjunction · Earnest-money · Ecclesiastical goods · Gifts · Lord's day

In the manuals

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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 II. On the Effects of a Contract under a Mode, nn. 850 & 851 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 10 passages

Vol. I, Treatise On Contracts, First Part. On Contracts i…, Ch. III, Article II. On Modes Prefixed to a Contract, n. 794 (10 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. 262 — 262. A contract under a mode, or a modal contract, is that in which the end or use of the matter concerning which the contract is made is stipulated, or in which a special burden is imposed upon one contracting party. Th… 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. 474 (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 II. On Modes Prefixed to a Contract, nn. 499 & 500 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Daniele Concina, O.P.

Diss. III, Chapter II — On the various contracts, n. VIII — VIII. A mode added to a contract is a certain burden to be fulfilled by him who undertakes and accepts the contract. This mode does not suspend, but supposes a perfect contract. A demonstration in a contract is when some… Read in context →

Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I

Thomas Slater, S.J. — 13 passages

Slater, Cases I, Contracts, Case 3. A Contract with a Modus, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8, ¶9, ¶10, ¶11, ¶12 & ¶13 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Consideration and the effects of contract — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)