“The licentia concordandi, or leave to agree the suit. For, as soon as the action is brought, the defendant knowing himself to be in the wrong, is supposed to make overtures of peace and accommodation to the plaintiff. Who, accepting them, but having, upon suing out the writ, given pledges to prosecute his suit, which he endangers if he now deserts it without license, he therefore applies to the court for leave to make the matter up.” 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 350 (1766).
licentia concordandi
licentia concordandi (li-sen-shee-[schwa] kon-kor-dan-dI), n. [Law Latin “license to agree”] Hist. One of the proceedings on levying a fine of lands. See CONGé D’ACCORDER.
