Annus Luctus - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: annus luctusAnnus luctus
Annus luctus, the year of mourning, during which the widow, by the ordinances of the Civil Law, could not marry, to prevent the inconvenience of a widow bearing a child which, by the period of gestation, might be the child either of her deceased or her present husband, Cod. 5, 9, 2....
Infra annum luctus
Infra annum luctus (within the year of mourning). The phrase is used in reference to the marriage of a widow within a year after her husband's death, which was prohibited by the Civil Law. See Cod. 5, 9, 2....
Annus deliberandi
Annus deliberandi, the year allowed by Scots law for the heir to deliberate whether he will enter upon his ancestor's land and represent him. By 21 & 22 Vict. c. 76, s. 27, the period of deliberation was reduced to six months, Scots Law....
Annus, dies, et vastum
Annus, dies, et vastum [Lat.] (year, day, and waste). See AN, JOUR, ET WASTE....
Jus deliberandi
Jus deliberandi, the right which an heir has in Scots Law of deliberating for a certain time whether he will represent his predecessor. See ANNUS DELIBERANDI....
Year and a day
Year and a day, means in computing year and a day after an event, the day on which the event happens is counted as the first day, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary.Year and Day [annus et dies, Lat.], a time that deter-mines a right or works a prescription, etc., in many cases; see Jac. Law Dict.; Co. Litt. 254 b. A person wounded must die within a year and a day in order to make the offender guilty of murder: 3 Inst. 53; 6 Rep. 107; and see WRECK....
Year, day and waste
Year, day and waste [annus, dies et vastum, Lat.], a part of the royal prerogative, whereby the Crown had for a year and a day the profits of land and tenements of those attainted of petit treason or felony, whosoever was lord of the manor whereto the lands or tenements belonged; and the right to cause waste to be made on the tenements by destroying the houses, ploughing up the meadows and pastures, rooting up the woods, etc. (unless the lord of the fee agreed for the redemption of such waste), afterwards restoring them to the lord of the fee. Staund. Pr'rog. 44. This prerogative was abolished by 54 Geo. 3, c. 145....
- << Prev.
- Next >>
Sign-up to get more results
Unlock complete result pages and premium legal research features.
Start Free Trial