Capitulation
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
(1) The treaty which determines the conditions under which a fortified place is abandoned to the commanding officer of the army which besieges it. (2) In civil law. An agreement by which the prince and the people, or those who have the right of the people, regulate the manner in which the government is to be administered.
Wolffius, § 989.