See pacta sunt servanda on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Latin",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "phrase"
},
"expansion": "pacta sunt servanda",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "en:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2004, FA Engelen, Interpretation of Tax Treaties under International Law, page 125:",
"text": "In the law of treaties, the most important manifestation of the principle of good faith is undoubtedly the rule of pacta sunt servanda.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Susan Pedersen, ‘At least we worried’, London Review of Books, volume 37, number 12:",
"text": "Painstakingly negotiated agreements governed many aspects of international relations; the doctrine of pacta sunt servanda dictated that those agreements be obeyed.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Agreements must be kept."
],
"id": "en-pacta_sunt_servanda-en-phrase-pn-VD60k",
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"Agreement",
"agreement"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) Agreements must be kept."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "a promise is a promise"
}
],
"topics": [
"law"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Cicero"
]
}
],
"word": "pacta sunt servanda"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "derived terms",
"2": "derived"
},
"expansion": "derived",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "la",
"3": "-",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Latin",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "la",
"3": "-",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "derived from Latin",
"name": "der+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Ultimately derived from Latin.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "phrase"
},
"expansion": "pacta sunt servanda",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sv",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "sv:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The authors of the code of law once considered whether a general legal principle should be established, stipulating that one could abandon a contract if circumstances arose under which it would not have been concluded. These thoughts, however, were rejected, and the principle \"pacta sunt servanda\" – contracts must be fulfilled – was upheld.",
"ref": "1922 August 18, Oberlandesgerichtsrat dr Blomeyer, “Domstolarna och de tyska kontraktsbrotten [The courts and the German breaches of contract]”, in Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning, via Svenska tidningar, page 1:",
"text": "Lagbokens författare ha på sin tid övervägt, om man borde statuera en allmän rättssats av innehåll, att man skulle kunna frångå ett kontrakt om omständigheter tillkommo under vilka det ej skulle ha avslutits. Dessa tankar förkastades emellertid och man fasthöll vid grundsatsen \"pacta sunt servanda\" – kontrakt måste fullgöras.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Before the financial crisis, it was extremely difficult to get a conviction against financial institutions and banks, as most judges believed that consumers were responsible for obtaining the necessary information before entering into the agreement. In dealings with banks, good practice prevailed, and consequently, the fundamental principle of pacta sunt servanda applied.",
"ref": "2016 December 22, Stefan Wahlberg, “Efter gårdagens dom i EU-domstolen kan låntagare och jurister andas ut – banken vinner inte alltid [After yesterday's ruling in the EU Court of Justice, borrowers and lawyers can breathe a sigh of relief – the bank doesn't always win]”, in Dagens Jurudik:",
"text": "Före finanskrisen var det ytterst svårt att få en fällande dom mot finansinstitut och banker då flertalet domare ansåg att konsumenterna ägde skyldighet att införskaffa sig informationen innan de ingick avtalet. I relationen med bankerna rådde därmed god sed och följaktligen gällde grundprincipen pacta sunt servanda.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "On 11 January, a vote for the Centre Party turned out to be a vote for a broken alliance and for Stefan Löfven as prime minister. This is such a serious breach of promise that Annie Lööf should be considered to have violated one of the most fundamental legal principles in Sweden – pacta sunt servanda.",
"ref": "2019 January 15, Josefin Wicklund, “En röst på Centern var alltså en röst på – Stefan Löfven?! [A vote for the Centre Party turned out to be a vote for – Stefan Löfven?!]”, in SVT Nyheter (opinion piece):",
"text": "Den 11 januari visade sig en röst på Centerpartiet vara en röst på en bruten allians och på Stefan Löfven som statsminister. Detta är ett så grovt löftesbrott att det borde anses att Annie Lööf har brutit mot en av de mest fundamentala rättsprinciperna i Sverige – pacta sunt servanda.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pacta sunt servanda; agreements must be kept"
],
"id": "en-pacta_sunt_servanda-sv-phrase-xb0KZpoL",
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"pacta sunt servanda",
"pacta sunt servanda#English"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) pacta sunt servanda; agreements must be kept"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
}
],
"word": "pacta sunt servanda"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Latin",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "phrase"
},
"expansion": "pacta sunt servanda",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrases",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms with quotations",
"English undefined derivations",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Law"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2004, FA Engelen, Interpretation of Tax Treaties under International Law, page 125:",
"text": "In the law of treaties, the most important manifestation of the principle of good faith is undoubtedly the rule of pacta sunt servanda.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Susan Pedersen, ‘At least we worried’, London Review of Books, volume 37, number 12:",
"text": "Painstakingly negotiated agreements governed many aspects of international relations; the doctrine of pacta sunt servanda dictated that those agreements be obeyed.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Agreements must be kept."
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"Agreement",
"agreement"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) Agreements must be kept."
],
"topics": [
"law"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Cicero"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "a promise is a promise"
}
],
"word": "pacta sunt servanda"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "derived terms",
"2": "derived"
},
"expansion": "derived",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "la",
"3": "-",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Latin",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "la",
"3": "-",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "derived from Latin",
"name": "der+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Ultimately derived from Latin.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "phrase"
},
"expansion": "pacta sunt servanda",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish multiword terms",
"Swedish phrases",
"Swedish terms derived from Latin",
"Swedish terms with quotations",
"sv:Law"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The authors of the code of law once considered whether a general legal principle should be established, stipulating that one could abandon a contract if circumstances arose under which it would not have been concluded. These thoughts, however, were rejected, and the principle \"pacta sunt servanda\" – contracts must be fulfilled – was upheld.",
"ref": "1922 August 18, Oberlandesgerichtsrat dr Blomeyer, “Domstolarna och de tyska kontraktsbrotten [The courts and the German breaches of contract]”, in Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning, via Svenska tidningar, page 1:",
"text": "Lagbokens författare ha på sin tid övervägt, om man borde statuera en allmän rättssats av innehåll, att man skulle kunna frångå ett kontrakt om omständigheter tillkommo under vilka det ej skulle ha avslutits. Dessa tankar förkastades emellertid och man fasthöll vid grundsatsen \"pacta sunt servanda\" – kontrakt måste fullgöras.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Before the financial crisis, it was extremely difficult to get a conviction against financial institutions and banks, as most judges believed that consumers were responsible for obtaining the necessary information before entering into the agreement. In dealings with banks, good practice prevailed, and consequently, the fundamental principle of pacta sunt servanda applied.",
"ref": "2016 December 22, Stefan Wahlberg, “Efter gårdagens dom i EU-domstolen kan låntagare och jurister andas ut – banken vinner inte alltid [After yesterday's ruling in the EU Court of Justice, borrowers and lawyers can breathe a sigh of relief – the bank doesn't always win]”, in Dagens Jurudik:",
"text": "Före finanskrisen var det ytterst svårt att få en fällande dom mot finansinstitut och banker då flertalet domare ansåg att konsumenterna ägde skyldighet att införskaffa sig informationen innan de ingick avtalet. I relationen med bankerna rådde därmed god sed och följaktligen gällde grundprincipen pacta sunt servanda.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "On 11 January, a vote for the Centre Party turned out to be a vote for a broken alliance and for Stefan Löfven as prime minister. This is such a serious breach of promise that Annie Lööf should be considered to have violated one of the most fundamental legal principles in Sweden – pacta sunt servanda.",
"ref": "2019 January 15, Josefin Wicklund, “En röst på Centern var alltså en röst på – Stefan Löfven?! [A vote for the Centre Party turned out to be a vote for – Stefan Löfven?!]”, in SVT Nyheter (opinion piece):",
"text": "Den 11 januari visade sig en röst på Centerpartiet vara en röst på en bruten allians och på Stefan Löfven som statsminister. Detta är ett så grovt löftesbrott att det borde anses att Annie Lööf har brutit mot en av de mest fundamentala rättsprinciperna i Sverige – pacta sunt servanda.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pacta sunt servanda; agreements must be kept"
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"pacta sunt servanda",
"pacta sunt servanda#English"
],
[
"agreement",
"agreement"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(law) pacta sunt servanda; agreements must be kept"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
}
],
"word": "pacta sunt servanda"
}
Download raw JSONL data for pacta sunt servanda meaning in All languages combined (5.7kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (e4a2c88 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.