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Conventio

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

convencio, Lat.

In old English law

A covenant; an agreement. Conventio duplicata: an agreement executed in duplicate, or in two parts. Conventio legi derogat: agreement derogates from law. Conventio privatorum non potest publico juri derogare: the agreement of private persons cannot derogate from public right. Conventio vincit legem: the express agreement of parties overcomes the law. In the civil law. A coming together of parties; a convention; an agreement.