contracts. A contract made without a consideration,; it is called a nude or naked contract, because it is not clothed with the consideration required by law, in order to give an action. 2. There are some contracts which, in consequence of their forms, import a consideration, as sealed instruments, and bills of exchange, and promissory notes, which are generally good although no … [Read more...]

An action for damage done by slaves or irrational animals. . Sandars, Just Inst (5th Ed.) 457. … [Read more...]

(New Compilation.) The title of a code of Spanish law, promulgated in the year 1567. Schm. Civil Law,' Introd. 79-81. … [Read more...]

civil law. A personal, arbitrary, and indirect action in favor of one who has been injured by the slave of another, by which the owner or master of the slave was compelled either to pay the damages or abandon the slave. … [Read more...]

Futile; ineffectual; invalid; destitute of constraining force or vitality. A legislative act may be "nugatory" because unconstitutional. … [Read more...]