Iunctim

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The Latin word iunctim (also spelled junctim) is the legal term for the connection of rules or conditions, which could be seen as independent. The intentional presentation of unrelated conditions as a package deal is a technique used in negotiations about contracts or draft laws. Basically it describes the point of view that the one cannot be done without the other.

[edit] Iunctim in legislation

Some jurisdictions give the chief executive a line-item veto to strike out provisions that are tied together in the same bill.

[edit] Iunctim in contract law

In many jurisdictions, laws regulating competition limit to what extent a contract can tie one condition to another.