Pactum
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Lat. A pact; compact, agreement. Pacta dant legem contractui: the stipulations of the parties constitute the law of the contract. Pacta privata non derogant juri communi: private agreements cannot derogate from public right. Pactum corvinum de hereditate viventis: a crow-like bargain for the inheritance of a living person. Pactum de non petendo: an agreement not to sue.