Pact

An agreement v

Nude pact. Pacta privata non derogant juri cominuni, I. Private agreements cannot derogate from common right (or law). In the dvil law. Pacta conventa, quae neque contra leges, neque dole malo inita sunt, omni mode observanda sunt: compacts which are not against law, nor entered into with a fraudulent design, are in all respects to be observed. Pacta qase contra leges constitutionesqne, vel contra bonos mores fluut, nullam vim habere, indubitati juris est: that contracts which are made against law br against good morals, have no force, is a principle of undoubted law. Pacta qnw turpem causam continent non sunt observanda: agreements founded upon an immoral consideration^ are not to be observed.