By this expression is understood the authority from which the laws derive their force. 2. The power of making all laws is in the people or their representatives, and none can have any force whatever, which is derived from any other source. But it is not required that the legislator shall expressly pass upon all laws, and give the sanction of his seal, before they can have life … [Read more...]

Fr. In French law. Under private signature; under the private signature of the parties. A contract or instrument thus signed is distinguished from an "authentic act" which is formally concluded before a notary or judge. Civil Code La. art 2240. … [Read more...]

An act sous seingprive, in Louisiana and by the French law, is an act or contract evidenced by writing under the private signature of the parties to it. The term is used in opposition to the authentic act, which is an agreement entered into in the presence of a notary or other public officer. 2. The form of the instrument does not give it its character so much as the fact that … [Read more...]

L. Fr. Under. Bendloe, 33. … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law. A drawing of lots. Sortitio judicum was the process of selecting a number of judges, for a criminal trial, by drawing lots. … [Read more...]