pactum

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

From Pascal's Pensées by Pascal, Blaise

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

"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