> 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.
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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
