&quot;It makes sense for the promisor to request, as the price of his promise, that the other party should benefit some third party&quot;?
<p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/OSullivan-Hilliards-Law-Contract-Janet/dp/0198807821/ref=dp_ob_title_bk" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>O'Sullivan &amp; Hilliard's The Law of Contract</em></a> (2018 8 ed). p. 93.</p>

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<p>Can 'the other party' (underlined in red) be interchanged with 'promisee' here? </p>

<p>Yes.  How else can you read it?</p>

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