civil law. A quasi contract, by which he who receives a certain sum of money, or a certain quantity of fungible things, which have been paid to him through mistake, contracts towards the payer the obligation of returning him as much. Poth. De l'Usure, 3eme part. s. 1, a. 1. 2. This contract is called promutuum, because it has much resemblance to that of mutuum. This resemblance … [Read more...]

A person or party who has an interest in the subject matter of a lawsuit (affected by the outcome) and is eligible to join a lawsuit or may also be joined into a lawsuit by another current party to the lawsuit. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandson. Inst. 3, 6, 1; Bract fol. 67. … [Read more...]

Rightful dominion over external objects; ownership; the unrestricted and exclusive right to a thing; the right to dispose of the substance of a thing Ui every legal way, to possess it, to use it and to exclude every one else from interfering with it. Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. A great-granddaughter. Inst 3, 6 1; Bract fol. 67. … [Read more...]