Lat. In the civil and common law. A thing violently or unlawfully taken from another. … [Read more...] about SPOLIUM
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
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
SPONSIONS
In international law. Agreements or engagements made by certain public officers (as generals or admirals In time of war) in behalf of their governments, either without authority or in excess of the authority under which they purport to be made, and which therefore require an express or tacit ratification. … [Read more...] about SPONSIONS
SPONSALIA, STIPULATIO SPONSA-LITIA
Latin: In the civil law. Espousal; betrothal; a reciprocal promise of future marriage. … [Read more...] about SPONSALIA, STIPULATIO SPONSA-LITIA