Subject To Contract
- A Legal phrase normally found at the start of a document.
- Subject to contract means that anything discussed in the draft which follows and prior to signing is not legally binding.
- Draft contract would have a similar effect.
- Pre-contract communications are necessary to enable the drafting of a contract without inadvertently creating an unintended contract ahead of all the terms being agreed and drafted before signing.
- This phrase makes certain in law that anything said 'subject to contract' does not constitute a binding contract.
Published: 11 November 2013 Last Updated: 17 November 2021