pactum

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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

Thus the social compact is no longer a pactum subjectionis.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert

Then, as he did not sign the compact with Satan, he cannot be charged with pactum diabolicum implicitum.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r

At the end of the eighteenth century Lord Mansfield came very near establishing it in our law by his doctrine that no promise made as a business transaction could be nudum pactum.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe