- Conventio facit legem
- An agreement makes law. A maxim meaning that the law binds the parties to that to which they have consented. Newcomb v Wood. 97 US 581, 24 L Ed 1085.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Conventio facit legem
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