Convention
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
A general term for any mutual engagement, formal or informal.
See CoNVENTio.
Conventional.
Agreed upon; created by act of parties — by agreement; opposed to legal — created by construction and operation of law: as, a conventional estate fo;life; * a conventional community, q. v. There are postal conventions between nations; and constitutional conventions by delegates chosen to frame constitutions, q. v. Compare Reconvention.