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VIA

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cart-way, which also includes a foot-way and a horse-way. Vide Way.

Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition

Latin: In the civil law. Way; a road; a right of way. The right of walking, riding, and driving over another’s land. Inst. 2, 3, pr. A species of rural servitude, which included iter (a footpath) and actus, (a driftway.) In old English law. A way; a public road; a foot horse, and cart way. Co. Litt. 56a. Via or dinar ia; via executiva. In the law of Louisiana, the former phrase means in the ordinary way or by ordinary process, the latter means by executory process or in an executory proceeding. A proceeding in a civil action is “ordinary” when a citation takes place and all the delays and forms of law are observed; “executory” when seizure is obtained against the property of the debtor, without previous citation, in virtue of an act or title importing confession of judgment, or in other cases provided by law. . Via publica. In the civil law. A public way or road, the land itself belonging to the public. In English law. The king’s highway for all men. The highway or common road, called “the king’s” highway, because authorized by him and under his protection. Cowell. Via antiqua via est tuta. The old way is the safe way. Via trita est tutissima. The trodden path is the safest.

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