In Scotch law. The right of a relict; the right or clalm of a relict or widow to her share of her hus band’s estate, particularly the movables. 2 Karnes, Eq. 340; 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 1, p. 67
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The right of representing dr standing in the place of another, or of being represented by another
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In the civil law; The name of a servitude. It is a right by which a part of the roof or tiling of one house is made to extend over tbe adjoining house. Dig. 50, 16, 242, 1; Id. 8, 2, 25 ; Id. 8, 5, 8, 5
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Pnblic law, or the law relating to the constitution aud functions of government and its officers and the administration of criminal justice. Also public ownership, or the paramount or sovereign territorial right or title of the state or government. See Jus Peivatum
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DI. In the civil law. The name of a servitude which cousists in the right to build a projection, such us a balcony or galiery, from one’s bouse in the open space belonging to one’s neighbor, but without resting on his house. Dig. 50, 16, 242; Id. 8, 2, 2; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 317
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The right of property, as distinguished from the jus pos-scssionis, or right of possession. Bract, fot 3. Called by Bracton “jus mcrum,” the mere right Id.; 2 Bl. Comm. 197; 3 Bi. Comm. 19, 176
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Private law; the law regulating the rights, couduct, and affairs of Individuals, as distinguished from “public” law, which relates to the constltu-tion and functions of government and the administration of criminal justice. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, 8 124. Also private ownership, or the right, title, or dominion of a private owner, as distinguished from “jus publicum” which denotes public ownership, or the ownership of property by the government, either as a matter of territorial sovereignty or in trust for the benefit and
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UM. In the civil law. The discretion of the prsetor, as distinct from the leges, or standing laws. 3 Bl. Comm. 49. That kind of law which the prtetors introduced for the purpose of ald-ing, supplying, or correcting the civil law for the public benefit. Dig. 1, 1, 7. Called, also, “jus honorarium,” (q. v
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UM. In the civil law. A right to a thing held for another, for which there was no remedy hy legal action,, but only hy entreaty or request. 2 Bl. Coinm. 328
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NS. In the civil law. A present or vested right; a right already completely acquired. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 191
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In maritime law. The right of port or harbor
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Rights of persons. – Those rights which, in the civll law, belong to persons as such, or in thelr differ-ent characters and relations; as parents and children, masters and servants, etc
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In Roman law, the right of rescission or revocation of an executory contract on failure of the other party to fulfill hie part of the agreement. See Mackelcb Rom. Law, | 444
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In the clvil and old English iaw. The right of pasturing cattle. Inst. 2, 3, 2; Bract, fols. 53b, 222
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In English ecclesiastical law. The rlght of patronage; the right of presenting a clerk to a benefice. Blount
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In Roman law, the right of subrogation, that is, the rlght of succeedlng to the lien and priority of an elder creditor on tendering or paying Into court tbe amount due to him. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, S 355
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The civU law of Paplrius. The title of the earliest collec-tion of Roman leges curiata, said to have been made in the tlme of Tarquln, the last of the kings, by a pontifcx maximus of tbe name of Sextus or Publlus Papirlus. Very few fragments of this collection now re-maln, and the authenticity of these has been doubted. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 21
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In Roman law. The right of death, or of putting to death. A right which a father anciently had over hls chll-dren
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