ager arcifinius (ay-j[schwa]r ahr-si-fin-ee-[schwa]s). [Latin “land having irregular boundaries; unsur-veyed land”] Roman law. Land enclosed only as a means of identification, not as a limit. Pl. agri arcifinii. Cf. ager limitatus.
ager limitatus (ay-j[schwa]r lim-i-tay-t[schwa]s). [Latin “field limited” or “land enclosed by boundaries”] Roman & civil law. Land with settled boundaries; esp., land whose boundaries have been fixed by a surveyor. • The term applied to land belonging to the state by right of conquest, then granted and sold in individual plots. Cf. ager arcifinius. Pl. agri limitati (ag-rI lim-i-tay-tI).
“The agri limitati of the Roman law were lands detached from the public domain, and converted into private property, by sale or grant, beyond the limits of which the owners could claim nothing.” John Trayner, Trayner’s Latin Maxims 36 (4th ed. 1894).
ager publicus (ay-j[schwa]r p[schwa]b-li-k[schwa]s). Land of the people; public land.
