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Real action
are those in which a man demanded something that was his own. They were founded on dominion, or jus in re. The real actions of the Roman Law were not, like the real actions of the Common
Restitutio in integrum
on the edict. If the contract or transaction is such as not to be valid, according to the jus civile this restitutio is not needed, and it only applies to cases of contracts and transactions, which are
Subp'na
commanding attendance in court under a penalty. It bears a close analogy to the citation, or vocatio in jus of the Civil and Canon Laws. There are several kinds of subp'na. At Common Law there are two
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Tenancy in Common
distinct though undivided share; they hold neither 'per mie' (not at all) nor 'per tout' and consequently the jus accrescendi does not apply to them. This estate is subject to curtesy and dower. It is dissolvable-- (1)
Tenor est qui legem dat feudo
Tenor est qui legem dat feudo. Craig Jus. Feud., 3rd Edn. 66.-(It is the tenor of the feudal grant which regulates its effect and extent.)-Broom's Leg.
Tort
to damage'. Same meaning attaches to it in law. In general, torts consist of some act done without just cause or excuse, Jay Laxmi Salt Works (P) Ltd. v. State of Gujarat, (1994) 4 SCC 1 (9).
Trespass to land
from the date of the accrual of the right or to 'trespass by relation,' e.g., to mesne profits. Jus tertii or the extraneous right o another who is not in possession is no defence to an action
Canon law
phrases canonica sanctio, lex canonica, and canonum jura, were not introduced until the ninth century, nor the phrase jus canonicum until the canon law began in the twelfth century to be treated as a science. The canon
Conflict of laws
laws to those of the other, and if either is guilty of any breach of the comitas or jus gentium, that reproach shall attach to the nation whose laws are least calculated to ensure the common benefit
jurisprudence
jurisprudence [Late Latin jurisprudentia knowledge of or skill in law, from Latin juris, genitive of jus right, law + prudentia wisdom, proficiency] 1 a : a system or body of law [in the federal
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