adverse possession. 1. The use or enjoyment of real property with a claim of right when that use or enjoyment is continuous, exclusive, hostile, open, and notorious. • In Louisiana, it is the detention or enjoyment of a corporeal thing with the intent to hold it as one’s own. La. Civ. Code art. 3421. — […]
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extent in aid. Hist. A writ that a Crown debtor could obtain against a person indebted to the Crown debtor so that the Crown debtor could satisfy the debt to the Crown. • This writ, having been much abused because of some peculiar privileges that Crown debtors enjoyed, was abolished in 1947 by the Crown
dowager-queen. The widow of the king of England. — Also termed queen dowager. See QUEEN MOTHER. “A queen dowager is the widow of the king, and as such enjoys most of the privileges belonging to her as queen consort. But it is not high treason to conspire her death; or to violate her chastity …
An exemption from arrest, as that enjoyed by members of Congress during legislative sessions. U.S. Const. art. I, § 6, cl. 1. [Cases: Arrest 59. C.J.S. Arrest § 5.]
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An easement that is appurtenant to the primary or actual easement; the right to do things that are necessary to fully enjoy the easement itself. [Cases: Easements 38. C.J.S. Easements §§ 57, 143–144, 146–147, 165–167.]
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Louisiana law. The dominant estate owner’s right to enjoy a view through the servient estate and to prevent its obstruction. La. Civ. Code art. 701.
Comity Clause. The clause of the U.S. Constitution giving citizens of one state the right to all privileges and immunities enjoyed by citizens of the other states. U.S. Const. art. IV, § 2, cl. 1. See PRIVILEGES AND IM-MUNITIES CLAUSE . [Cases: Constitutional Law 207. C.J.S. Constitutional Law § 649.]
An absolute gift, being neither conditional nor contingent, though its use or enjoyment might not occur until sometime in the future.
Conduct that expresses opinions or thoughts, such as a hunger strike or the wearing of a black armband. • Symbolic speech does not enjoy the same constitutional protection that pure speech does. — Also termed speech-plus. Cf. pure speech. [Cases: Constitutional Law 90.1(1). C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 461, 501–503, 539–543, 548–554, 561, 565, 572, 582–584,
(zig-noh-mik), adj. Of, relating to, or involving an act whose evolution directly abridges the freedom of a person who bears a duty in the enjoyment of a legal advantage. • This rather abstract term was coined by the philosopher Albert Kocourek in his book Jural Relations (1927). Cf. MESONOMIC.