property, title. The right which a man has in a thing by which it belongs to him. It is a complete and full right. Poth. Dr. de Dora. de Prop. n. 1. 2. This phrase of the civil law conveys the same idea as thing, in possession does with us. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition In the civil law. A right in a thing. A right existing in a person with respect to an article … [Read more...]

In the civil law. Common right; the common and natural rule of right, as opposed to jus singulare, (q. v.) Mackeld. Rom. Law, 196. In English law. The common law, answering to the Saxon "folcright." 1 BL Comm. 67. Jus constitui oportet in his quae nt plurimum accident non quae ex inopinato. Laws ought to be made with a view to those cases which happen most frequently, and not … [Read more...]

In the civil law. A right,.in trust; as distinguished from jus legitimum, a legal right 2 Bl. Comm. 328. … [Read more...]

An unknown law. This term is applied by the civilians to obsolete laws, which, as Bacon truly observes, are unjust, for the law to be just must give warning before it strikes. Bac. Aphor. 8, s. 1: Bowy. Mod. Civ. Law, 33. But until it has become obsolete no custom can prevail against it. Vide Obsolete. … [Read more...]

A term of the civil law, meaning "a right to a thing;" that is, a right exercisable by one person over a particular article of property in virtue of a contract or obligation incurred by another person in respect to it and which is enforceable only against or through such other person. It is thus distinguished from jus in re, which is a complete and absolute dominion over a … [Read more...]