pacta sunt servanda

pacta sunt servanda

From Latin, literally "agreements must be kept," a basic legal principle that the agreements and stipulations of a contract are binding to the parties involved. The court ruled that the insurer was required, according to the principle of pacta sunt servanda, to honor the plaintiff's claim, as it clearly fell within the terms of the policy.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • legally binding
  • under age
  • literally
  • (the) survival of the fittest
  • of age
  • audi alteram partem
  • casu consulto
  • sign on the dotted line
  • sign on the dotted line, to
  • covenant of salt