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practice. The expenses of a suit or action which may be recovered by law from the losing party. 2. At common law, neither the plaintiff nor the defendant could recover costs economic; but in all actions in which damages were recoverable, the plaintiff, in effect, recovered his costs when he obtained a verdict, for the jury always computed them in the damages. When the defendant … [Read more...] about COSTS

A body of law. A term used to signify a book comprehending several collections of law. There are two principal collections to which this name is given; the Corpus Juris Civilis, and the Corpus Juris Canonici. Corpus juris canonei. The body of the canon law. A compilation of the canon law, comprising the decrees and canons of the Roman Church, constituting the body of … [Read more...] about CORPUS JURIS

The body of the canon law. A compilation of the canon law bears this name. See Law, canon. … [Read more...] about CORPUS JURIS CANONICI

Latin for a corporation in fact, that it is duly and properly organized, registered and recognized under law. … [Read more...] about CORPORATION DE JURE

The body of the civil law. This, is the name given to a collection of the civil law, consisting of Justinian's Institutes, the Pandects or Digest, the Code, and the Novels. … [Read more...] about CORPUS JURIS CIVILIS