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pacta de non petendo

pacta de non petendo is the plural of pactum de non petendo.

Meaning of pactum de non petendo

Noun

pactum de non petendo (plural pacta de non petendo)

  1. An agreement in which a creditor promises not to enforce a debt.
    • Pitmedden purſues Seaton of Menzies as Repreſenting his Father, who was one of the Purſuers Brothers Tutors, for his Fathers Intromiſſion with the Pupils Means, who alleadged Abſolvitor, becauſe the Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh...1668 December 19th, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575

Questions about pacta de non petendo

What is pacta de non petendo the plural of?
Pacta de non petendo is the plural of pactum de non petendo.

Words near pacta de non petendo in the dictionary

  1. pacs
  2. pacsin
  3. pacsins
  4. pact
  5. pact of silence
  6. pacta de non petendo
  7. pacta sunt servanda
  8. pactamycin
  9. pactamycins
  10. pacted
  11. pacting

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