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Promisee Definition:
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A person whom is to be the beneficiary of a promise, an obligation or a contract.
Related Terms:
Promisor,
Obligee,
Creditor
A person whom is the recipient of a promise, an obligation or a contract, received from the promisor.
Synonymous to obligee.
The 14th edition of
Wharton's Law Lexicon, published in 1938, included these two terms:
"Promisee, one to whom a promise has been made.
"Promisor, one who makes a promise."
Stewart Rapalje's dictionary:
"Promisee: one to whom a promise has been made."
REFERENCES:
- Oppe, A. S., Wharton's Law Lexicon, 14th Ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1938), page 809.
- Rapalje, Stewart and Lawrence, Robert, A Dictionary of American and English Law, Volume II (Jersey City: Frederick D. Linn & Co. Law Publishers and Booksellers, 1883), page 1023.
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