Real contracts (contractus re) were agreements that became operative and binding on the transfer of possession or physical control of a tangible thing (res corporalis).

There were four types of real contract: mutuum, commodatum, depositum and pignus.

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More on the topic Real contracts (contractus re) were agreements that became operative and binding on the transfer of possession or physical control of a tangible thing (res corporalis).:

1. Consensual contracts (contractus consensu) were contracts constituted by the mere agreement (consensus) of the parties.
2. Real contracts
3. Verbal contracts (contractus verbis)were contracts that were created by the use of certain formal words (verbis solemnibus).
4. So far in this chapter, we have concerned ourselves with ownership (and, related thereto, possession) as the real right that accrued to a person in respect of his own property (ius in re propria).
5. Real Contracts
6. INNOMINATE REAL CONTRACTS
7. Pacta and Innominate Real Contracts
8. Contractus Innominati
9. On the "reality" of real contracts
10. From Tangible to Intangible Collateral: Pignus Nominis
11. Possession
12. Contractual Agreements in Favour of a Third Party