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In old Roman law. A body of laws drawn up by Cneius Flavius, a clerk of Applus Claudius, from the ma-terials to […]

In old English law. The right of mowing or cutting. Fleta, lib. 4. c. 27. |1 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In Roman law. Tbe law of arms, or of heralds. A rudimentary species of lnternational law founded, on the Source: Black’s Law […]

The rlght of dispos-lng of realty by will. Du Cange Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A double right; the right of possession united with the right of property; otherwise called “droit-droit” 2 Bl. Comm. 199 Source: Black’s […]

To declare the law; to say what the law is. The province of a court or judge. 2 Eden, 29; 3 P. […]

The right of dis-posing. An expression used either general-ly to signify the right of alienation, as when we speak of depriving a […]

In the civil law. The right of deliberating. A term granted by the proper oflicer at the request of him who is […]

The right of the church of presenting a minister to a vacant parish, in case the patron shall neglect to exercise his […]

In English law. The right of curtesy. Spelman Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To give or to make the law; the function and prerogative of the legisla-tive department Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In English law. The right of the crown, or to the crown; the right of succession to the throne. 1 Bl. Comm. […]

ln old Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Civll law. The system of law peculiar to one state or people. Inst. 1, 2, 1. Particularly, in Roman law, the civil […]

The right of citizen-ship; the freedom of the city of Rome. It differs from jus quiritium, which compre-hended all the privileges of […]

The law of war. The law of nations as applied to a state of war, defin-ing in particular the rights and duties […]

The canon law Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the clvil law. The name of a servitude which gives to tbe owner of land the right to bring down water […]

In old English law. The rlght of bench. The rlght or prlvilege of having an elevated and separate seat of judgment, anciently […]

The droit d’aubaine, (q. v.) See Albi^atus Jus Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The laws and cus-toms of the west Saxons, In the tlme of the Heptarchy, by whlch the people were for a long […]

A term of the clvll law, meaning “a right to a thing;” that is, a right exercisable by one person over a […]

A body of laws drawn up by Sextus AEllus, and consisting of three parts, whereln were explained, respectively: (1) The laws of […]

Tbe right to abuse. By this phrase is understood the right to do exactly ns one likes with property, or having full […]

The right of sur-vivorship. The right of the survivor or survivors of two or more Joint tenants to the tenancy or estate, […]