Modus Vivendi
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In international law. An agreement between nations not rising to the dignity of a treaty, regulating their conduct in respect to a particular matter. Ordinarily applied to agreements to preserve the status -quo pending the negotiation of a final treaty.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Mode of living.