Conventio In Unum - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition conventio-in-unum

Definition :

Conventio in unum, the agreement between the two parties to a contract upon the sense of the contract proposed. It is an essential part of the contract, following the pollicitation or proposal emanating from the one, and followed by the agreement of the other, Civil Law. If the second party does not assent to the proposal in the sense in which it is made, he is not bound by his assent unless his mistake (q.v.) is unreasonable.

Conventio privatorum non potest publico juri derogare. Wing. 746, (A agreement of private persons cannot affect public right.)