Compromise
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Meaning of Compromise
Adjust or settle differences, conflicting claims between parties. It implies of itself a mutual agreement. A coming to terms, or arrangement of a dispute , by concessions on both sides; a settlement of debts by composition.
Compromise Alternative Definition
An agreement made between two or more parties as a settlement of matters in dispute between them. In Civil Law. An agreement between two or more persons, who, wishing to settle their disputes, refer the matter in controversy to arbitrators, who are so called because those who choose them give them full powers to arbitrate and decide what shall appear just and reasonable, to put an end to the differences of which they are made the judges. 1 Domat, Civ. Law, liv. 1, tit. 14.
Synonyms of Compromise
(Endanger), verb
into danger
expose to danger
hazard
imperil
jeopardize
make liable to danger
make vulnerable
place in a dubious position
put at hazard
put in jeopardy
put under suspicion
risk
stake
venture
(Settle by mutual agreement), verb
accommodate
adjust
agree
arrange by mutual concession
bargain
come to an agreement
come to an understanding
come to terms
compromittere
concede
conciliate
find a middle ground
harmonize
maintain a middle position
make a compromise
make a deal
make an adjustment
make concessions
mediate
meet halfway
negotiate
reconcile
settle
settle differences
strike a balance
Associated Concepts: accord and satisfaction
compromise a claim
compromise agreement
compromise verdict
discharge
discontinuance
negotiation
novation
offer of compromise
quotient verdict
settlement
substitute contract
noun
abatement of differences
adaptation
adjustment
agreement
bargain
commutation
composition
concession
deal
happy medium
middle ground
mutual concession
negotiation
peacemaking
settlement
terms
Associated Concepts: accord and satisfaction
compromise a claim
compromise agreement
compromise and settlement
compromise of a claim
compromise verdict
discharge or release
novation
offer of compromiseforeign phrases: Compromissum ad similitudinem judiciorum redigitur
A compromise is brought into affinity with judgments
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English Legal System: Compromise
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Compromise:
The settlement of a disputed claim by agreement between the parties. Any court proceedings already started are terminated. The terms of the settlement can be incorporated in a judgment by the court (called a consent judgment) or the terms can form a contract between the parties.
Definition of Compromise of 1850
In relation to social issues, a meaning of compromise of 1850 is provided here: had four parts- first, California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state; second, the rest of the Mexican Cession was divided into the territories of New Mexico and Utah (in each territory, voters would decide the slavery question according to popular sovereignty); third, the slave trade was ended in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capitol (Congress, however, declared that it had no power to ban the slave trade between slave states; fourth, a strict new fugitive slave law was passed.
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