Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandson's or great-granddaughter's great-grandson. A male descendant in the sixth degree. Inst. 3, 6, 4. … [Read more...]

practice. The technical name of an action, instituted for the recovery of damages caused by an injury unaccompanied with force, or where the damages sustained are only consequential. … [Read more...]

practice. This is the name of a remedy which lies to recover damages when the defendant has unlawfully and wrongfully trespassed upon the real estate of the plaintiff. 2. This action must be brought by the tenant in possession, for the injury is done to his possession. A remainder-man or reversioner cannot sustain it. 3. As the injury must be committed to the possession, one … [Read more...]

practice. This is the remedy brought by the plaintiff for an immediate injury committed with force. It is distinguished from an action of trespass on the case, in this, that in the latter the injury is consequential, and not committed with direct force. … [Read more...]

"In consequence of this article, the trebel lanlc portion of the civil law-that is to say, the portion of the property of the testator which the instituted heir had a right to detain when he was charged with a fldei commissa or fiduciary bequest-is no longer a part of our law. Civ. Code La. art. 1520, par. 3. … [Read more...]