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civil law
civil law often cap C&L 1 : Roman law esp. as set forth in the Code of Justinian 2 : the body of law developed from Roman law and used in Louisiana, in continental Europe, and in many other countries outside of the English-speaking world including esp. those that were colonized by countries of continental Europe see also the Judicial System in the back matter compare common law NOTE: Although Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. whose law is based entirely on civil law, remnants of civil law remain in other states (as Texas and California) in which countries of continental Europe had a strong influence. 3 : the law established by a nation or state for its own jurisdiction 4 : the law that applies to private rights esp. as opposed to the law that applies to criminal matters compare criminal law ...
jus privatum
jus privatum [New Latin, from Latin, private law or right] : a right of private ownership compare jus publicum ...
Salic, or Salique
Salic, or Salique [lex salica, Lat.], an ancient and fundamental law of the kingdom of France, usually supposed to have been made by Pharamond, or at least by Clovis, in virtue of which males only are to reign.It is a popular error to suppose that the Salic law was established purely on account of the succession of the Crown, since it extended to private persons as much as to the royal family.The Salic law had not in view a preference of one sex to the other, much less had it a regard to the perpetuity of a family, a name, or the succession of land. It was purely a law of economy which gave the house, and the land dependent on the house, to the males who should dwell in it, and to whom it consequently was of more service.In proof of this, the title of allodial lands of the Salic law may be thus stated:-(1) If a man die without issue, his father or mother shall succeed him.(2) If he have neither father nor mother, his brother or sister.(3) If he have neither brother nor sister, the sist...
Quasi traditio
Quasi traditio, according to the civil law again a servitude that is, a limited right of user in respect of a thing not one's own, e.g. a usufruct or a right of way could only be created by means of certain definite legal forms. The practoriam law, on the other hand, allowed a servitude to be created by a so-called quasi tradition servitudes; that is, it was satisfied if one party gave the other, with any form, permission to exercise the right of user in question, A Textbook of the History and System of Roman Private Law, Rudolph Sohm, 3rd Edn., 1907.Means 'as if transfer'. A party's acquisition of a servitude by using it with the informal permission or acquiescence of the owner, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1258....
National Bank
National Bank. means the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development established under s. 3. [National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Bank Act, 1981 (61 of 1981), s. 2 (e); see also Act (2 of 1934), s. 2(ccc)]A private or quasi public corporation, organised under the general law, by individual stockholders, with their own capital, by private gain and managed by officers, agents and employees of their own selection; a quasi-public institution under a sort of State Control....
Autonomic law
Autonomic law, means a type of enacted law that has its source in various forms of subordinate and restricted legislative authority possessed by private persons and bodies of persons, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 130....
By law
A local or subordinate law a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government...
Rapina
Rapina, is the taking away of a thing by violent means. It gives rise to the practorian actio vi bonorium raptorum.A textbook of the History and System of Roman Private Law 419 (James Crawford Ledlie trans., 3rd Edn., 1907.Means the forcible taking of another movable property with the intent to appropriate it to one's own use. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1267....
Idiota
Idiota, means (Civil law) (1) An unlearned, simple person (2) A private person; one not in public office, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 749....
Civil nature
Civil nature, The word 'civil' according to dictionary means 'relating to the citizen as an individual; civil rights'. In Black's Law Dictionary it is defined as 'relating to private rights and remedies sought by civil actions as contrasted with criminal proceedings'. In law it is understood as an antonym of criminal. Historically the two broad classifications were civil and criminal. Revenue, tax and company etc. were added to it later. But they too pertain to the larger family of 'civil'. There is thus no doubt about the width of the word 'civil'. Its width has been stretched further by using the word 'nature' along with it. That is even those suits are cognizable which are not only civil but are even of civil nature. In Article 133 of the Constitution an appeal lies to this Court against any judgment, decree or order in a 'civil proceeding'. The word 'nature' has been defined as 'the fundamental qualities of a person or thing; identity or essential character; sort; kind; character'....
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