TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In the civil law. Behavior or conduct. Management or transaction. Negotiorum gestio, the doing of another's business; an interference in the affairs of another in his absence, from benevolence or friendship, and without authority. Dig. 3, 5, 45; Id. 46, 3, 12, 4; 2 Kent, Comm. 616, note. Gestio pro haerede. Behavior as heir. This expression was used in the Roman law, and … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A gift of property but without providing title. Thus the property cannot be effectively sold. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In the civil law. One who acts for another, or transacts another's business. Calvin. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Vivos. A gift made from one or more persons, without any prospect of immediate death, to one or more others. 2. These gifts are so called to distinguish them from gifts causa-mortis, (vide Donatio causa mortise,) from which they differ essentially. 1. A gift inter vivos, when completed by delivery, passes the title to the thing so that it cannot be recovered back by the giver; … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
An ancient and obsolete writ resorted to when a person's good behavior was impeached. Lamb. Eir. 1. 4, c. 14. … [Read more...]