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State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council. The union of two or more minds in a thing done or to be done; a coming together of parties in opinion or determination.
- (Gram.) Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person.
- (Law) (a) A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract. (b) The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises.
Syn. - Bargain; contract; compact; stipulation.
Under South Carolina law, in order for there to be an agreement, there must be a meeting of the minds of the parties. Gaskins v. Blue Cross-Blue Shield of South Carolina, 271 S.C. 101, 245 S.E.2d 598, 600 (S.C. 1978). An 'agreement' has been defined as: [A] Concurrence and an engagement that something should be done or omitted. It is a coming together of the parties in an opinion or determination, the union of two or more minds in a thing done or to ...
