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Conventio Vincit Legem

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The agreement of the parties overcomes or prevails against the law. Story, Ag. § 368; 6 Taunt. 430. See Dig. 16. 3. 1. 6.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The contract controls the law. See 14 Gray (Mass.), 446.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. [Express] agreement law. Conventio privatorum non potest rogare: the agreement of private persons cannot lic right.