In Roman law. Cession of goods. A surrender, relinquishment, or assignment of all his property and effects made by an insolvent debtor for the benefit of his creditors. The effect of this voluntary action on the debtor's part was to secure him against imprisonment or any bodily punishment, and from infamy, and to cancel his debts to the extent of the property ceded. It much … [Read more...] about CESSIO BONORUM
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CERVISARII
In Saxon law. Tenants who were bound to supply drink for their lord's table. Cowell. … [Read more...] about CERVISARII
CESSIO IN JURE
In Roman law. A fictitious suit, in which the person who was to acquire the thing claimed (vindicabaf) the thing as his own, the person who was to transfer it acknowledged the justice of the claim, and the magistrate pronounced it to be the property (addicebat) of the claimant Sandars' Just. Inst (5th Ed.) 89, 122. … [Read more...] about CESSIO IN JURE
CERVISIA
Ale, or beer. Sometimes spelled "cerevisia." … [Read more...] about CERVISIA
CESSION
(A) contracts. Yielding up; release. 2. France ceded Louisiana to the United States, by the treaty of Paris, of April 30, 1803 Spain made a cession of East and West Florida, by the treaty of February 22, 1819. Cessions have been severally made of a part of their territory, by New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut) South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. (B) eccl. … [Read more...] about CESSION