pactum

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Thus the social compact is no longer a pactum subjectionis.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert

Ante oculos nova se rerum fert undique imago: Deletas veterum leges, renovataque cernit Jura homini, et pactum divino sanguine fœdus; Edomitam mortem, raptique arcana sepulchri, Perpetuamq. diem, atq. æterni vulnera leti.

From Gustavus Vasa and other poems by Walker, William Sidney

And honourably did he fulfil this nudum pactum, for he became a most exemplary bookworm, burning his midnight candle at both ends in the endeavour to cram his mind with belles lettres.

From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Jabberjee, Hurry Bungsho

It was frequently used along with pactum, also a general term, but applied especially to agreements to settle a question without carrying it before the courts of law.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Who shall decide the question of nudum pactum or not?

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old