DictionaryconventionalFormal agreement
adjective

conventional

Based on a formal agreement or treaty.

The scholars examine conventional obligations established by the treaty.

Etymology

The Latin noun names an agreement. This adjective preserves that formal basis, describing something established by an agreement or treaty rather than by another source of authority.

More examples

  • The legal text distinguishes customary and conventional rules.
  • Their argument concerned conventional rights under the agreement.
  • The court interpreted the state's conventional commitments.

Forms

conventional

Similar words

treaty-based
The plain expression for arising from formal agreement.