sentences:  Condictio causa data causa non secuta
  
  The condictio causa data causa non secuta under Roman law was an action ("condictio") for recovery of a transfer of property, where the purpose for the transfer had failed ("causa non secuta").During the recognition of innominate contracts, and their enforcement via the "actio praescriptis verbis", the "condictio causa data causa non secuta" still had relevance, however, outside the field of valid contracts.