In old Roman law. A body of laws drawn up by Cneius Flavius, a clerk of Applus Claudius, from the ma-terials to which he had access. It was a popularization of the laws. Mackeld. Rom. Law, { 39
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In old English law. The right of mowing or cutting. Fleta, lib. 4. c. 27. |1
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In Roman law. Tbe law of arms, or of heralds. A rudimentary species of lnternational law founded, on the
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The rlght of dispos-lng of realty by will. Du Cange
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A double right; the right of possession united with the right of property; otherwise called “droit-droit” 2 Bl. Comm. 199
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To declare the law; to say what the law is. The province of a court or judge. 2 Eden, 29; 3 P. wms. 485
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The right of dis-posing. An expression used either general-ly to signify the right of alienation, as when we speak of depriving a married woman of the jus disponendi over her separate estate, or specially in the law relating to sales of goods, where it is often a question whether the vendor of goods has the lntentlon of reservlng to himself the jus disponendi; i. e., of preventing the ownership from passing to the purchaser, notwithstanding that he (the vendor) has parted with the possession of the goods. Sweet
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In the civil law. The right of deliberating. A term granted by the proper oflicer at the request of him who is called to the Inheritance, (the heir,) within, which he has the right to investigate its condition and to consider whether he will accept or reject it Mackeld. Rom. Law, g 742; Clv. Code La. art 10213
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The right of the church of presenting a minister to a vacant parish, in case the patron shall neglect to exercise his right within the time limited by law
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In English law. The right of curtesy. Spelman
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To give or to make the law; the function and prerogative of the legisla-tive department
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In English law. The right of the crown, or to the crown; the right of succession to the throne. 1 Bl. Comm. 191; 2 Steph. Comm. 434
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Civll law. The system of law peculiar to one state or people. Inst. 1, 2, 1. Particularly, in Roman law, the civil law of the Roman people, as distinguished from the jus gentium. The term is sIbo applied to the body of law called, emphatic-ally, the “civil law
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The right of citizen-ship; the freedom of the city of Rome. It differs from jus quiritium, which compre-hended all the privileges of a free native of Rome. The difference is much the same as between “denization” and “naturalization” with us. wharton
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The law of war. The law of nations as applied to a state of war, defin-ing in particular the rights and duties of the belligerent powers themselves, and of neu-tral nations
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In the clvil law. The name of a servitude which gives to tbe owner of land the right to bring down water through or from tbe land of another
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In old English law. The rlght of bench. The rlght or prlvilege of having an elevated and separate seat of judgment, anciently allowed only to the king’s judges, who hence were sald to administer high justice, (summam administrant justt-Ham.) Blount
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The droit d’aubaine, (q. v.) See Albi^atus Jus
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The laws and cus-toms of the west Saxons, In the tlme of the Heptarchy, by whlch the people were for a long time governed, and whlch were prefer-red before all others, wharton.
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A term of the clvll law, meaning “a right to a thing;” that is, a right exercisable by one person over a particular article of property in virtue of a coutract or obligatlon incurred by another person in re-spect to lt, and whlch is enforceable only against or through such other person. It is thus distinguished from jns in re, which is a complete aud absolute dominion over a thing available against all persons
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A body of laws drawn up by Sextus AEllus, and consisting of three parts, whereln were explained, respectively: (1) The laws of the Twelve Tables; (2) the interpretation of and decisions upon such laws; and (3) the forms of procedure. In date, it was subsequent to the jus Flavi-anum, (q. v.) Brown
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Tbe right to abuse. By this phrase is understood the right to do exactly ns one likes with property, or having full domiulon over property. 3 Toul-lier, no. 86
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The right of sur-vivorship. The right of the survivor or survivors of two or more Joint tenants to the tenancy or estate, upon the death of one or more of the joint tenants
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