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Q&A How did 'consideration' shift to signify grounds and the act of deliberation, then inducer of a grant or promise?

        The name of Consideration appears only about the beginning of the sixteenth century, and we do not know by what steps it became a settled term of art. The word seems to have gone throug...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by PSTH‭  ·  edited 2y ago by PSTH‭

#3: Post edited by user avatar PSTH‭ · 2021-11-08T18:43:07Z (over 2 years ago)
  • >&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The name of Consideration appears only about the beginning of the sixteenth century, and we do not know by
  • what steps it became a settled term of art. The word
  • seems to have gone through the following significations :
  • [1.] first, contemplation in general; **[2.]** then deliberate decision on
  • a disputed question (hence the old form of judgments in
  • the Common Law Courts, “It is considered”) (e); **[3.]** then
  • the grounds as well as the act of deliberation; and **[4.]** lastly,
  • in particular, that which induces a grant or promise.
  • 1. Which semantic shift according to [Typology by Blank (1999)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change#Typology_by_Blank_(1999)) befits "consideration" here? Specialization of meaning?
  • 2. I too don't "know by
  • what steps" signification 2 shifted to 3 and 4! Kindly expatiate the steps?
  • I understand signification 1, as it's just the ordinary meaning of "consideration"! But 2 feels unintelligibly alien, and 3 and 4 have semantically shifted too much for me to fill in the steps. Kindly find the quote in the scan beneath alongside the red line.
  • [![enter image description here][1]][1]
  • Frederick Pollock. *Principles Of Contract*. (1902) Page 170 printed on the paper, but digitally it appears at [p. 220/400](https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285387/page/n219).
  • [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/EAgE0.jpg
  • >&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The name of Consideration appears only about the beginning of the sixteenth century, and we do not know by
  • what steps it became a settled term of art. The word
  • seems to have gone through the following significations :
  • **[1.]** first, contemplation in general; **[2.]** then deliberate decision on
  • a disputed question (hence the old form of judgments in
  • the Common Law Courts, “It is considered”) (e); **[3.]** then
  • the grounds as well as the act of deliberation; and **[4.]** lastly,
  • in particular, that which induces a grant or promise.
  • 1. Which semantic shift according to [Typology by Blank (1999)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change#Typology_by_Blank_(1999)) befits "consideration" here? Specialization of meaning?
  • 2. I too don't "know by
  • what steps" signification 2 shifted to 3 and 4! Kindly expatiate the steps?
  • I understand signification 1, as it's just the ordinary meaning of "consideration"! But 2 feels unintelligibly alien, and 3 and 4 have semantically shifted too much for me to fill in the steps. Kindly find the quote in the scan beneath alongside the red line.
  • [![enter image description here][1]][1]
  • Frederick Pollock. *Principles Of Contract*. (1902) Page 170 printed on the paper, but digitally it appears at [p. 220/400](https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285387/page/n219).
  • [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/EAgE0.jpg
#2: Post edited by user avatar Moshi‭ · 2020-11-17T02:09:36Z (over 3 years ago)


>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The name of Consideration appears only about the beginning of the sixteenth century, and we do not know by 
what steps it became a settled term of art. The word 
seems to have gone through the following significations : 
[1.] first, contemplation in general; **[2.]** then deliberate decision on 
a disputed question (hence the old form of judgments in 
the Common Law Courts, “It is considered”) (e); **[3.]** then 
the grounds as well as the act of deliberation; and **[4.]** lastly, 
in particular, that which induces a grant or promise.

1. Which semantic shift according to [Typology by Blank (1999)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change#Typology_by_Blank_(1999)) befits "consideration" here? Specialization of meaning? 
2. I too don't "know by 
what steps" signification 2 shifted to 3 and 4! Kindly expatiate  the steps? 

I understand signification 1, as it's just the ordinary meaning of "consideration"! But  2 feels unintelligibly alien, and 3 and 4 have semantically shifted too much for me to fill in the steps.  Kindly find the quote  in the scan beneath alongside the red line.


[![enter image description here][1]][1]


Frederick Pollock. *Principles Of Contract*. (1902) Page 170 printed on the paper, but digitally it appears at [p. 220/400](https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285387/page/n219).

  [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/EAgE0.jpg
#1: Initial revision by user avatar PSTH‭ · 2020-11-13T05:25:14Z (over 3 years ago)
How did 'consideration' shift to signify grounds and the act of deliberation, then inducer of a grant or promise?


>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The name of Consideration appears only about the beginning of the sixteenth century, and we do not know by 
what steps it became a settled term of art. The word 
seems to have gone through the following significations : 
[1.] first, contemplation in general; **[2.]** then deliberate decision on 
a disputed question (hence the old form of judgments in 
the Common Law Courts, “It is considered”) (e); **[3.]** then 
the grounds as well as the act of deliberation; and **[4.]** lastly, 
in particular, that which induces a grant or promise.

1. Which semantic shift according to [Typology by Blank (1999)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_change#Typology_by_Blank_(1999)) befits "consideration" here? Specialization of meaning? 
2. I too don't "know by 
what steps" signification 2 shifted to 3 and 4! Kindly expatiate  the steps? 

I understand signification 1, as it's just the ordinary meaning of "consideration"! But  2 feels unintelligibly alien, and 3 and 4 have semantically shifted too much for me to fill in the steps.  Kindly find the quote  in the scan beneath alongside the red line.


[![enter image description here][1]][1]


Frederick Pollock. *Principles Of Contract*. (1902) Page 170 printed on the paper, but digitally it appears at [p. 220/400](https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285387/page/n219).

  [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/EAgE0.jpg