A Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of the Principal Terms of the Common and Civil Law, Together with Translations and Explanations of the Various Technical Phrases in Different Languages, Occuring in the Ancient and Modern Reports, and Standard Treatises; Embracing, Also, All the Principal Common and Civil Law Maxims. Comp. on the Basis of Spelman's Glossary, and Adapted to the Jurisprudence of the United States; with Copious Illustrations, Critical and Historical, Tom 2Baker, Voorhis & Company, 1870 |
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... law . A hereditament , ( q . v . ) Spelman . HÆREDITAS , Hereditas . Lat . [ from hæres , an heir ; L. Fr. enheritance . ] In civil and old English law . An inheritance ; an estate by succession ; an estate trans- missible by descent ...
... law . A hereditament , ( q . v . ) Spelman . HÆREDITAS , Hereditas . Lat . [ from hæres , an heir ; L. Fr. enheritance . ] In civil and old English law . An inheritance ; an estate by succession ; an estate trans- missible by descent ...
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... civil law . An heir ; one who succeeds to the whole right or estate of the testator ; ( successor in universum jus quod defunctus habuit . ) Heinecc . Elem . Jur . Civ . lib . 2 , tit . 14. Calv . Lex . Dig . 50 . 16. 24. Id . 50. 17 ...
... civil law . An heir ; one who succeeds to the whole right or estate of the testator ; ( successor in universum jus quod defunctus habuit . ) Heinecc . Elem . Jur . Civ . lib . 2 , tit . 14. Calv . Lex . Dig . 50 . 16. 24. Id . 50. 17 ...
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... law . HAFNE COURTS . [ hafne , Dan . a Crabb's Hist . Eng . Law , 391 . haven , or port . ] In old English law . HÆRES FIDEICOMMISSARIUS . Haven courts , ( curia portus ; ) courts Lat . In the civil law . The person for anciently held ...
... law . HAFNE COURTS . [ hafne , Dan . a Crabb's Hist . Eng . Law , 391 . haven , or port . ] In old English law . HÆRES FIDEICOMMISSARIUS . Haven courts , ( curia portus ; ) courts Lat . In the civil law . The person for anciently held ...
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... civil law is followed in the common law , and formally adopted in some modern codes . 2 Inst . 45. See Homme . HOMO . L. Lat . In feudal law . A man ; a vassal ( vassallus , vassus ; ) a mili- tary or feudal tenant or retainer , ( miles ...
... civil law is followed in the common law , and formally adopted in some modern codes . 2 Inst . 45. See Homme . HOMO . L. Lat . In feudal law . A man ; a vassal ( vassallus , vassus ; ) a mili- tary or feudal tenant or retainer , ( miles ...
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... Civil Code of Louis . art . | 3096 , 1296 , 1297 , 1299 . In Scotch law . An act by which a per- son approves of a deed , the effect of which is to render that deed , though in itself defective , binding upon the person by whom it is ...
... Civil Code of Louis . art . | 3096 , 1296 , 1297 , 1299 . In Scotch law . An act by which a per- son approves of a deed , the effect of which is to render that deed , though in itself defective , binding upon the person by whom it is ...
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