- Modus et conventio vincunt legem
- The form and the agreement control the law. Merchants' Bank v State Bank (US) 10 Wall 604, 19 L Ed 1008, 1018.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Modus et conventio vincunt legem
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