pactum

Example Sentences

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Thus the social compact is no longer a pactum subjectionis.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert

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

Then, as he did not sign the compact with Satan, he cannot be charged with pactum diabolicum implicitum.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r

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

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 Jabberjee, Hurry Bungsho