Capitulation
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In military law. The surrender of a fort or fortified town toa besieging army; the treaty or agreement between the conmmanding officers which embodies the terms and condilions on which Lhe surrender is mace, In the civil law. An agreement by which the prince and the people, or those whe L have the right of the people, reyulate the manner in which the government is to be administered.
Wolifius, § 939.