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- noun law An
agreement in which acreditor promises not toenforce adebt .
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Latin: pactum ("agreement") + dē ("concerning”, “about") + nōn ("not") + petendō (“which is to be sued for”, the ablative singular of the neuter substantive of the future passive participle of petō, “I demand or claim at law”, “I bring an action to recover”, “I sue for”) ≅ “agreement not to sue”.
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