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jus publicum [New Latin, from Latin, public law or right] : a right of public ownership ;specif : the right of ownership of real property that is held in trust by a government for the public [tidal flats are subject to the jus publicum "United States v. Hensel, 509 F. Supp. 1376 (1981)"] ...
Civil Law
Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly distinguished by the name of municipal law.The term 'civil law' is now chiefly applied to that which the Romans complied from the laws of nature and nations.The 'Roman Law'and the 'Civil Law' are convertible phrases, meaning the same system of jurisprudence; it is now frequently denominated 'the Roman Civil Law.'The collections of Roman Civil Law, before its reformation in the sixth century of the Christian era by the eastern Emperor Justinian, were the following:--(1) Leges Regi'. These laws were for the most part promulgated by Romulus, Numa Pompilius and Servius Tullius. To Romulus are ascribed the formation of a constitutional government, and the imposition of a fine, instead of death, for crimes; Numa Pompilius composed the laws relating to religion and divine worship, and abated the rigour of subsisting laws; and Servius Tullius, the sixth king,...
jus privatum
jus privatum [New Latin, from Latin, private law or right] : a right of private ownership compare jus publicum ...
Pourpresture or purpresture
Pourpresture or purpresture [fr. pourpris, Fr., an inclosure], anything done to the nuisance or hurt of the King's demesnes, or the highways, etc., by enclosure or building, endeavouring to make that private which ought to be public; see Co. Litt. 277 b.The difference between a purpresture and a public nuisance is that purpresture is an invasion of the jus privatum of the Crown; but where the jus publicum is violated it is a nuisance. Skene makes three sorts of this offence: (1) against the Crown; (2) against the lord of the fee; (3) against a neighbour-2 Inst. 38. Purpresture within a forest was where any man made any manner of encroachment upon the forest either by building or inclosure or by using of any liberty or privilege without lawful warrant so to do (Williams on Rights of Common, p. 231). See also Glanv. i. 9, c. 11....
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