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Pactions
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PactionsInternational law. When contracts between nations are to be performed by a single act, and their execution is at an end at once, they are not called treaties, but agreements, conventions or pactions.
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International
That which pertains to intercourse between nations. International law is that which regulates the intercourse between, or the relative rights of nations.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Nations
Nations or states are independent bodies politic; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength.
Single
By itself, unconnected.
Act
1) Civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. 2) Evidence. The act of one of several conspirators, performed inpursuance of the common design, is evidence against all of them.
Execution
1) Contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. 2) Criminal law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence.
Pactions
International law. When contracts between nations are to be performed by a single act, and their execution is at an end at once, they are not called treaties, but agreements, conventions or pactions.
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Pact
Civil law. An agreement made by two or more persons on the same subject in order to form some engagement, or to dissolve or modify, one already made, conventio est duorum in idem placitum consensus de re already solvenda, id. est facienda vel praestanda
Pacta sunt servanda
A base principle of any contract law. Pacta sunt servanda means the obligation to fufill / pursue the contract.
Pactum constitutae pecuniae
Civil law. An agreement by which a person appointed to his creditor, a certain day, or a certain time, at which he pro-mised to pay; or it maybe defined, simply. an agreement by which a person promises a creditor to pay him.
Pactum de non petando
Civil law. An agreement made, between a creditor and his debtor that the former will not demand, from the latter the debt due. By this agreement the debtor is freed from his obligation. This is not unlike the covenant not to sue, of the common law.
Pactum de quota litis
An agreement by which a creditor of a sum difficult to recover, promises a portion, for example, one-third, to the person who will undertake to recover it. In general, attorneys will abstain from, making such a contract, yet it is not unlawful.
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Prize of the poor
In the US penitentiary slang, capital punishment.
Punk city
In the US penitentiary slang, protective custody.
Pace
A measure of length containing two feet and a half; the geometrical pace is five feet long. The common pace is the length of a step; the geometrical is the length of two steps, or the whole space passed over by the same foot from one step to another.
Pacification
The act of making peace between two countries which have been at war; the restoration of public tranquillity.
Pact
Civil law. An agreement made by two or more persons on the same subject in order to form some engagement, or to dissolve or modify, one already made, conventio est duorum in idem placitum consensus de re already solvenda, id. est facienda vel praestanda
Pactions
Pactum de non petando
Civil law. An agreement made, between a creditor and his debtor that the former will not demand, from the latter the debt due. By this agreement the debtor is freed from his obligation. This is not unlike the covenant not to sue, of the common law.
Pactum de quota litis
An agreement by which a creditor of a sum difficult to recover, promises a portion, for example, one-third, to the person who will undertake to recover it. In general, attorneys will abstain from, making such a contract, yet it is not unlawful.
Padding expense accounts
Adding extra expense items or inflating the value of legitimate expense items to obtain unwarranted reimbursements.
Padding overtime
Adding extra hours to falsely inflate the payroll and earn unwarranted pay.
Pagoda
Common law. A denomination of money in Bengal. In the computation of ad valorem duties, it is valued at one dollar and ninety-four cent's. Act of March 2, 1799.
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International
That which pertains to intercourse between nations. International law is that which regulates the intercourse between, or the relative rights of nations.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Nations
Nations or states are independent bodies politic; societies of men united together for the purpose of promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint efforts of their combined strength.
Single
By itself, unconnected.
Act
1) Civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. 2) Evidence. The act of one of several conspirators, performed inpursuance of the common design, is evidence against all of them.
Execution
1) Contracts. The accomplishment of a thing; as the execution of a bond and warrant of attorney, which is the signing, sealing, and delivery of the same. 2) Criminal law. The putting a convict to death, agreeably to law, in pursuance of his sentence.
Pactions
International law. When contracts between nations are to be performed by a single act, and their execution is at an end at once, they are not called treaties, but agreements, conventions or pactions.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Pact
Civil law. An agreement made by two or more persons on the same subject in order to form some engagement, or to dissolve or modify, one already made, conventio est duorum in idem placitum consensus de re already solvenda, id. est facienda vel praestanda
Pacta sunt servanda
A base principle of any contract law. Pacta sunt servanda means the obligation to fufill / pursue the contract.
Pactum constitutae pecuniae
Civil law. An agreement by which a person appointed to his creditor, a certain day, or a certain time, at which he pro-mised to pay; or it maybe defined, simply. an agreement by which a person promises a creditor to pay him.
Pactum de non petando
Civil law. An agreement made, between a creditor and his debtor that the former will not demand, from the latter the debt due. By this agreement the debtor is freed from his obligation. This is not unlike the covenant not to sue, of the common law.
Pactum de quota litis
An agreement by which a creditor of a sum difficult to recover, promises a portion, for example, one-third, to the person who will undertake to recover it. In general, attorneys will abstain from, making such a contract, yet it is not unlawful.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Prize of the poor
In the US penitentiary slang, capital punishment.
Punk city
In the US penitentiary slang, protective custody.
Pace
A measure of length containing two feet and a half; the geometrical pace is five feet long. The common pace is the length of a step; the geometrical is the length of two steps, or the whole space passed over by the same foot from one step to another.
Pacification
The act of making peace between two countries which have been at war; the restoration of public tranquillity.
Pact
Civil law. An agreement made by two or more persons on the same subject in order to form some engagement, or to dissolve or modify, one already made, conventio est duorum in idem placitum consensus de re already solvenda, id. est facienda vel praestanda
Pactions
Pactum de non petando
Civil law. An agreement made, between a creditor and his debtor that the former will not demand, from the latter the debt due. By this agreement the debtor is freed from his obligation. This is not unlike the covenant not to sue, of the common law.
Pactum de quota litis
An agreement by which a creditor of a sum difficult to recover, promises a portion, for example, one-third, to the person who will undertake to recover it. In general, attorneys will abstain from, making such a contract, yet it is not unlawful.
Padding expense accounts
Adding extra expense items or inflating the value of legitimate expense items to obtain unwarranted reimbursements.
Padding overtime
Adding extra hours to falsely inflate the payroll and earn unwarranted pay.
Pagoda
Common law. A denomination of money in Bengal. In the computation of ad valorem duties, it is valued at one dollar and ninety-four cent's. Act of March 2, 1799.
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