pactum
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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 Roscoe Pound
And honourably did he fulfil this nudum pactum, for he became a most exemplary bookworm, burning his midnight candle at both ends in the endeavour to cram his mind with belles lettres.
From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee
"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 Stephen Leacock
Who shall decide the question of nudum pactum or not?
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
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
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