Skip to content

Did you mean: civil?

Civily - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

Civily

Matched in: Term Civily

Corpus juris civilis

Corpus juris civilis. The three great compilations of Justinian, the Institutes, the Pandects, and the Code, together with the Novell', form

Jura sanguinis nullo jure civili dirimi possunt

Jura sanguinis nullo jure civili dirimi possunt [Lat.], rights of blood cannot be destroyed by any civil right.

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Prolem ante matrimonium natam, ut post legitimam, lex civilis succedere facit in h'reditate parentum; sed prolem, quam matrimonium non parit, succedere non sinit lex Anglorum

Prolem ante matrimonium natam, ut post legitimam, lex civilis succedere facit in h'reditate parentum; sed prolem, quam matrimonium non parit, succedere non sinit lex Anglorum. Fort. C.

civil

civil [Latin civilis, from civis citizen] 1 : concerning, befitting, or applying to individual citizens or to citizens as a whole

Possessio

to exercise. The term possessio occurs in the Roman jurists in various senses. There is possessio generally, possessio civilis, and possessio naturalis. Possessio denoted, originally bare detention; but this detention, under certain conditions, becomes a legal state

Addictio

to transfer the ownership of goods. The transfer of ownership by addictio was like the mancipatio an acquisitio civilis. Such an addictio might be pronounced, either when ownership is transferred by way of in jure cessio, or

Arbor consanguinitatis

Arbor consanguinitatis, a tree-shaped table, showing the genealogy of a family. See the Arbor civilis of the civilians and canonists, Hale's Com. Law, 335.

Civil Law

of the Theodosian Code is Jacobus Gothofredus, or Godfroy, who is the first and most illustrious of modern civilians. He bestowed his assiduous labour upon this code for thirty years, and left his great commentary to be

  • ‹ Prev
  • Next ›

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial