pactum

Example Sentences

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"The Dardanelles," said the Authority, "could easily be denationalized under a quadrilateral guarantee to be made a pars materia of the pactum foederis."

From Frenzied Fiction by Leacock, Stephen

Who shall decide the question of nudum pactum or not?

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

At the end of the eighteenth century Lord Mansfield came very near establishing it in our law by his doctrine that no promise made as a business transaction could be nudum pactum.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe

It was frequently used along with pactum, also a general term, but applied especially to agreements to settle a question without carrying it before the courts of law.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Statuam pactum meum inter me et te fœdere sempiterno ... ut sim Deus tuus ...

From Pascal's Pensées by Pascal, Blaise