Legal Term Dictionary

Lat In the civil law. Decisions of the senate. Private acta concerning particular persons merely.

Lat In the civil law. Decisions of the senate. Private acta concerning particular persons merely. Less...

In Roman law. A decision or decree of the Roman senate, having the force of law, made "without the concurrence of the people. Theae enactments began to take the place of lawa enacted by popular vote, when the commons had grown so great in number that they could no longer More...

In Roman law. A decision or decree of the Roman senate, having the force of law, made "without the concurrence of the people. Theae enactments began to take the place of lawa enacted by popular vote, when the commons had grown so great in number that they could no longer be assembled for legislative purposes. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 33; Hunter, Rom. Law, xlvii; Inst. 1, 2, 5. -Sonatas consul turn Marciannm. A decree of the senate, in relation to the celebration of the Bacchanalian mysteries, enacted in the consulate of Q. Marcius and S. Postumus. -Senatus eonsultum Ornciauum. An enactment of the senate (Orficius being one of tbe consuls and Marcus Antoninus emperor) for admitting both sons and daughters to the succession of a mother dying intestate. Inst 3, 4, pr.-Sonatas eonsnltnm Pogasianwm The Pegasian decree of the senate. A decree enacted In the consulship of Pegasus and Pusio, in the reign of Vespasian, by which an heir, who was requested to restore an inheritance, was allowed to retain one-fourth of it for himself. Inst. 2, 23, 5.-Senatus eonsultusn Trebellianum. A decree of the senate (named from Trebellius, in whose consulate it was enacted) by which it was provided that, if an inheritance was restored under a trust, all actions which, by the civil law, might be brought by or against the heir should be given to and against him to whom the inheritance was restored. Inst. 2, 23, 4; Dig. 36, 1.-Senatus eonsnltnm ultimas necessitatis. A decree of the senate of the last necessity. The name given to the decree which usually preceded the nomination of a dictator. 1 Bl. Comm. 136.-* Sonatas eonsnltnm VeUeianum. The Vel-leian decree of the senate. A decree enacted in the consulship of Velleius, by which married women were prohibited from making contracts. Story, Confl. Laws, | 425. Less...

In Spanish law. A path; the right of a path. The right of foot or horse path. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 6, I 1.

In Spanish law. A path; the right of a path. The right of foot or horse path. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 6, I 1. Less...

Lat Old age. In the Roman law, the period of senectus, which relieved one from the charge of public office, was officially reckoned as beginning with the completion of the seventieth year. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 138.

Lat Old age. In the Roman law, the period of senectus, which relieved one from the charge of public office, was officially reckoned as beginning with the completion of the seventieth year. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 138. Less...

In old English law. A seneschal; a steward; the steward of a manor. Fleta, 1. 2, c 72.

In old English law. A seneschal; a steward; the steward of a manor. Fleta, 1. 2, c 72. Less...

In old European law. A title of office and dignity, derived from the middle ages, answering to that of steward or high steward In England. Seneschals were originally the lieutenants of the dukes and other great feudatories of the kingdom, and sometimes had the dispensing of justice and high military More...

In old European law. A title of office and dignity, derived from the middle ages, answering to that of steward or high steward In England. Seneschals were originally the lieutenants of the dukes and other great feudatories of the kingdom, and sometimes had the dispensing of justice and high military commands. Less...

A writ addressed to the steward and marshal of England, inhibiting them to take cognizance of an action in their court that concerns freehold. Reg. Orig. 185. Abolished.

A writ addressed to the steward and marshal of England, inhibiting them to take cognizance of an action in their court that concerns freehold. Reg. Orig. 185. Abolished. Less...

In old records. Widowhood. Cowell.

In old records. Widowhood. Cowell. Less...

That peculiar decay of the mental faculties which occurs in extreme old age, and in many cases much earlier, whereby the person is reduced to second childhood, and becomes sometimes wholly Incompetent to enter into any binding contract or even to execute a will. It Is the recurrence of second More...

That peculiar decay of the mental faculties which occurs in extreme old age, and in many cases much earlier, whereby the person is reduced to second childhood, and becomes sometimes wholly Incompetent to enter into any binding contract or even to execute a will. It Is the recurrence of second childhood by mere decay. 1 Redf. Wflls, 63. See INSANITY. Less...

Incapacity to contract arising from the impairment of the Intellectual faculties by old age.

Incapacity to contract arising from the impairment of the Intellectual faculties by old age. Less...