Legal nature of the aleatory contracts and their place in the system of the civil contract

The article is devoted to the complex research of the legal nature of the aleatory contracts in the framework of the Republic of Tajikistan legislation. A comparative analysis is given of the exchange contracts and aleatory contracts. The understanding of the legal nature term is discovered. The debatable issue of distinction between the aleatory and conditional acts. Special attention is given to the practical importance of recognizing the aleatory contracts as having independent character.