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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Sponsion

n. [fr. Latin sponsere "to engage"] 1. The formal pledge by which a person becomes a surety. 2. Int'l law. An ultra vires promise of an official agent (such as a general in wartime), requiring later ratification by the principal. 3. Roman law. A form of adpromission accessory to an oral contract. 0 Only Roman citizens could make this type of adpromission. See ADPROMISSION. - sponsional (spon-shan-al), adj.