To experience something through the experience of another. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. By force or covertly. Dig. 43, 24. … [Read more...]

Liability for the torts of another person even though the defendant may have not done anything wrong. This is most common in agency law, for example, the doctrine of respondeat superior in the employer-employee relationship. An employer is held vicariously liable for the negligent acts of employees. A company can be sued for the car accident caused by the negligent employee … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. Of goods taken away by force. The name of an action given by the praetor as a remedy for the violent taking of another's property. Inst 4, 2; Dig. 47, 8. … [Read more...]

1.A bad act, immoral act, bad habit, prurient interest. 2. A term used in the civil law and in Louisiana, by which is meant a defect in a thing; an imperfection. For example, epilepsy in a slave, roaring and crib-biting in a horse, are vices. Redhibitory vices are those for which the seller will be compelled to annul a sale, and take back the thing sold. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...]