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Meaning of Conventio
(Lat. a coming together). In Canon Law. The act of summoning or calling together the parties by summoning the defendant. When the defendant was brought to answer, he was said to be convened, which the canonists called conventio, because the plaintiff and defendant met to contest. Story, Eq. PI. 402; 4 Bouv. Inst, note 4117. In Contracts. An agreement; a covenant. Cowell. Often used in the maxim conventio vincit legem, the express agreement of the parties supersedes the law. Story, Ag. § 368. But this maxim does not apply, it is said, to prevent the application of the general rule of law. Broom, Leg. Max. 308.
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Conventio in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
Latin. A coming together: agreement, engagement.
Note: This legal definition of Conventio in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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