vested right
A right that so completely and definitely belongs to a person that it cannot be impaired or taken away without the person’s consent. [Cases: Constitutional Law 92–112. C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 228–276.]
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vested rights doctrine
vested-rights doctrine. Constitutional law. The rule that the legislature cannot take away a right that has been vested by a court’s judgment; specif., the principle that it is beyond the province of Congress to reopen a final judgment issued by an Article III court. — Also termed doctrine of vested rights. [Cases: Constitutional Law 110.]
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impairment of vested right
impairment of vested right 已被授予的权利受损；既定权利受损(→retrospective legislation)
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vested
vested, adj. Having become a completed, consummated right for present or future enjoyment; not contingent; unconditional; absolute (a vested interest in the estate). [Cases: Estates in Property 1. C.J.S. Estates §§ 2–5, 8, 15–21, 116–128, 137, 243.] “[U]nfortunately, the word ‘vested’ is used in two senses. Firstly, an interest may be vested in possession, when
mere right
mere right. An abstract right in property, without possession or even the right of possession. — Also termed jus merum; merum jus; meer dreit. “The mere right of property, the jus proprietatis, without either possession or even the right of possession. This is frequently spoken of in our books under the name of the mere
subject of a right
subject of a right. 1. The owner of a right; the person in whom a legal right is vested. 2. OBJECT OF A RIGHT.
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vested interest
An interest the right to the enjoyment of which, either present or future, is not subject to the happening of a condition precedent.
accessory right
A supplementary right that has been added to the main right that is vested in the same owner. • For example, the right in a security is accessory to the right that is secured; a servitude is accessory to the ownership of the land for whose benefit the servitude exists. Cf. principal right.
vested legacy
A legacy given in such a way that the legatee has a fixed, indefeasible right to its payment. • A legacy is said to be vested when the testator’s words making the bequest convey a transmissible interest, whether present or future, to the legatee. Thus, a legacy to be paid when the legatee reaches the