Latin: In the civil law. Espousal; betrothal; a reciprocal promise of future marriage. … [Read more...] about SPONSALIA, STIPULATIO SPONSA-LITIA
SPONSALIA OR STIPULATIO SPONSALITIA
A promise lawfully made between persons capable of marrying each other, that at some future time they will marry. … [Read more...] about SPONSALIA OR STIPULATIO SPONSALITIA
SPONSIO
Latin: In the civil law. An engagement or undertaking; particularly such as was made in the form of an answer to a formal interrogatory by the other party. Calvin. An engagement to pay a certain sum of money to the successful party in a cause. Calvin. Sponsio judicialis. In Roman law. A judicial wager corresponding; in some respects to the "feigned issue" of modern practice. … [Read more...] about SPONSIO
SPOLIATION
(A) Eng. eccl. law. The name of a suit sued out in the spiritual court to recover for the fruits of the church, or for the church itself. . 2. It is also a waste of church property by an ecclesiastical person. 3 Bl. Com. 90. (B) torts. Destruction of a thing by the act of a stranger; as, the erasure or alteration of a writing by the act of a stranger, is called spoliation. This … [Read more...] about SPOLIATION
SPONDES? SPONDEO
Lat. Do you undertake? I do undertake. The most common form of verbal stipulation in the Roman law. Inst 3, 16, L Spondet peritiam artis. He promises the skill of his art; he engages to do the work in a skillful or workmanlike manner. 2 Kent, Comm. 588. Applied to the engagements of workmen for hire. Story, Bailm. … [Read more...] about SPONDES? SPONDEO