LEGAL WORD
Pacta sunt servanda
Latin maxim · International law
Pacta sunt servanda
- Type: Latin maxim
- Area of law: International law
1 What it means
Agreements must be kept. Parties to a treaty or contract must perform it in good faith.
2 Use it in a sentence
The tribunal held that pacta sunt servanda required the state to honour the treaty.
3 Make it stick
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