English Explanatory Dictionary

pacta sunt servanda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Agreements must be kept.

Word forms

pacta sunt servanda

Etymology

Latin plural of pactum (“pact”) + sunt servanda (“must be kept”), after pacta et promissa semperne servanda sint (“whether agreements and promises should always be kept”) in Cicero, De Oficiis 3.92.

Synonyms

a promise is a promise
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