Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Conventio omnis intelligitur clausula rebus sic stantibus
Every contract is to be understood as being based on the assumption of things remaining as they were (that is, at the time of its conclusion).
clausa rebus sic stantibus
[Law Latin] Int'l law. 1. A treaty provision stating that the treaty is binding only as long as the circumstances in existence when the treaty was signed remain substantially the same. 2. A doctrine by which the law supplies such a provision to a treaty that does not expressly contain one; REBUS SIC STANTIBUS. - Often shortened to clausa. - Also termed clausula rebus sic stantibus; clausula
clausula rebus sic stantibus
See CLAUSA REBUS SIC STANTIBUS.
rebus sic stantibus
[Law Latin "things standing thus"] Civil & int'l law. The principle that all agreements are concluded with the implied condition that they are binding only as long as there are no major changes in the circumstances. See CLAUSA REBUS SIC STANTIBUS.