CONSIDERATION (L. Latin, con- sideratio). An act or forbearance, or the promise thereof, which is offered by one party to an agreement, and accepted by the other as an inducement to that other's act or promise. Poll. Contr. 91. Blackstone defines it to be the reason which moves a contracting party to enter into a contract (2 Com. 448); but this defini- tion is manifestly defective because it is within the distinction so well taken by Pat- teson, J., who says:-" It is not to be con- founded with motive, which is not the same thing as consideration. The latter means something which is of value in the eye of the law, moving from the plaintiff, either of benefit to the plaintiff or of detriment to the defendant;" Langd. Sel. Cas. Cont. 168; s. c. 2 Q. B. 851. In distinguishing between consideration and motive a help- ful criterion is to be found in the expression **nothing is consideration that is not re- garded as such by both parties; " 14 Wall. 570, 577; 110 Mass. 389; 79 Ind. 549, 551. The price, motive, or matter of induce- ment to a contract, whether it be the compensation which is paid, or the incon- venience which is suffered by the party from whom it proceeds. A compensation or equivalent. A cause or occasion meri- torious, requiring mutual recompense in deed or in law. Viner, Abr. Considera- tion (A). It is also defined as "any act of the plaintiff from which the defendant or a stranger derives a benefit or advantage, or any labor, detriment, or inconven- lence sustained by the plaintiff, however small, if such act is performed or inconvenience suffered by the plaintiff by the consent, express or implied, of the defendant." Tindal, C. J., in 8 Scott 250. Ac cording to Kent it must be:-given in exchange, mutual, an inducement to the contract, lawful, and of sufficient value, with respect to the assumption. 2 Com. 464. Concurrent considerations are those which arise at the same time or where the promises are simultaneous and reciprocal. Continuing considerations are those which consist of acts which must neces- sarily continue over a considerable period of time. Executed considerations are acts done or values given at the time of making the contract. Leake, Contr. 18, 612. Executory considerations are promises to do or give something at a future day. Ibid. Good considerations are those of blood, natural love or affection, and the like. Motives of natural duty, generosity, and prudence come under this class; 2 Bla. Com. 297; 2 Johns. 52; 10 id. 293; 2 Bail. 588; 1 M'Cord 504; 2 Leigh 887; 20 Vt. 595; 1 C. & P. 401 48 Ohio St. 562; 150 Pa. 98; 61 Conn. 50. The only purpose for which a good consideration may be effectual is to support a covenant to stand seized to uses; Shep. Touchst. 512. The term is sometimes used in the sense of a consideration valid in point of law; and it then in- cludes a valuable as well as a meritorious consider- ation; 8 Cra. 140: 2 Aik. 601; 24 N. H. 802; 2 Madd. 480; 8 Co. 81; Ambl. 598; 1 Ed. Ch. 167. Generally, however, good is used in antithesis to valuable. Illegal considerations are acts, which if done or promises which if enforced, would be prejudicial to the public interest. Har- riman, Cont. 101. Impossible considerations are those which cannot be performed. Moral considerations are such as are based upon a moral duty. Past consideration is an act done before the contract is made, and is ordinarily by itself no consideration for a promise; An- son, Contr. 82. Pollock considers that whether a past benefit is, in any case, a good consideration is a question not free from uncertainty. On principle it should not be. Possible exceptions might be ser- vices rendered on request, without definite promise of reward (see Hob. 105) and vol- untarily doing something which one was legally bound to do. Also a promise to pay a debt barred by the statute of limitations; but he considers that none of these excep- tions are logical. See Poll. Cont. 170. Valuable considerations are either some benefit conferred upon the party by whom the promise is made, or upon a third party at his instance or request; or some detri- ment sustained, at the instance of the party promising, by the party in whose favor the promise is made. Chit. Contr. 7; Doct. & Stud. 179; 2 Pet. 182; 5 Cra. 142, 150; 1 Litt. 188; 8 Johns. 100; 8 N. Y. 207; 6 Mass. 58; 2 Bibb 30; 2 J. J. Marsh. 222; 2 Ν. Η. 97; Wright, Ohio 660; 18 S. & R. 29; 12 Ga. 52; 24 Miss. 9; 4 III. 33; 5 Humphr. 19; 4 Blackf. 388; 3 C. B. 321; 4 East 55; 96 N. C. 67. The detriment to the prom- isee must be a detriment on entering into the contract and not from the breach of it; 2 Misc. Rep. 298. "A valuable consideration may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to one party, or some for- bearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other." L. R. 10 Ex. 162. See 5 Pick. 880. A valuable consideration is usually in some way pecuniary, or convertible into money; and a very slight consi