Rebus Sic Stantibus

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[Latin, At this point of affairs; in these circumstances.] A tacit condition attached to all treaties to the effect that they will no longer be binding as soon as the state of facts and conditions upon which they were based changes to a substantial degree.

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No references found			The fundamental change of circumstances, otherwise known as the clausula rebus sic stantibus, can be invoked to challenge the validity of treaties and lead to their termination. COHA: time for Washington to give Gitmo back to Cuba by Birns, Larry / CubaNews 1992) (noting that, with regard to treaties, the doctrine of rebus sic stantibus "is necessarily limited, because it is the function of the law to enforce contracts or treaties even if they become burdensome for the party bound by them" and thus "almost all cases in which the doctrine of rebus sic stantibus has been invoked before an international tribunal, the latter, while not rejecting it in principle, has refused to admit that it could be applied in the case before it"). Renegotiation and adaptation clauses in investment contracts, ... by Gotanda, John Y. / Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law			reauthenticate reave reawaken reawakening rebate rebegin rebel rebellio rebellion rebellion against the government rebellious rebelliousness rebellis rebirth reborn rebound rebounding Rebouter rebuff rebuffing rebuild rebuilding rebukable rebuke rebuking Rebus Sic Stantibus rebut rebut the charge Rebuttable Presumption rebuttal Rebutter rebutting rebutting evidence recalcitrance recalcitrancy recalcitrant recalcitrantly recalcitrate recalcitration recalculate recall Recall a judgment recalling recalling to mind recant recantare recantation recapitulate recapitulated recapitulation recapitulatory			rebuke rebuke for rebuked rebuked Rebukeful rebuker rebuker rebukers rebukers rebukes rebukes rebuking rebuking rebukingly Rebullition reburial reburials reburied reburies rebury reburying rebus rebus rebus Rebus principle Rebus principle Rebus Puzzle Rebus Puzzle Rebus Puzzles Rebus Puzzles Rebus Sic Stantibus rebuses rebuses rebut rebut rebut the charge rebuts rebuts Rebuts Débarras Québec Rebutt Rebutt Rebuttable Rebuttable Rebuttable presumption Rebuttable presumption Rebuttable Presumption Against Registration rebuttal rebuttal rebuttals rebuttals rebutted rebutted Rebutted and Rejointed rebutter rebutter rebutters rebutters rebutting rebutting Rebutting evidence REBZ

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