res habiles
res habiles (rays hab-[schwa]-leez), n. pl. [Latin] Civil law. Things that may be acquired by prescription.
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limited jurisdiction
Jurisdiction that is confined to a particular type of case or that may be exercised only under statutory limits and prescriptions. — Also termed special jurisdiction. Cf. general jurisdiction. [Cases: Courts 26, 59; Federal Courts 5. C.J.S. Courts §§ 3, 8, 64–65, 67.]
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constitutio
constitutio (kon-sti-t[y]oo-shee-oh), n. [Latin “a decree”] 1. Roman law. An imperial decree; a law issued by the emperor; later, in the plural form constitutiones, a collection of laws. • The constitutiones took various forms, including orationes (laws submitted to the Senate), edicta (laws — usu. of a general character — put forth by the emperor),
incorporamus
incorporamus (in-kor-p[schwa]-ray-m[schwa]s). [Law Latin] Hist. We incorporate. • This word indicated an intent to incorporate. “All the other methods therefore whereby corporations exist, by common law, by prescription, and by act of parliament, are for the most part reducible to this of the king’s letters patent, or charter of incorporation. The king’s creation may be
adjectio dominii per continuationem possessionis
adjectio dominii per continuationem possessionis ([schwa]-jek-shee-oh d[ schwa]-min-ee-I p[schwa]r k[schwa]n-tin-yoo-ay-shee-oh-n[schwa]m p[ schwa]-zes[h]-ee-oh-nis). [Latin] Roman law. The acquisition of the right to property ownership by continued possession. • This acquisition is otherwise known as usucapio or acquisitive prescription. See USUCAPIO; adequate prescription under PRESCRIPTION.
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dangerous drug
A drug that has potential for abuse or injury, usu. requiring a label warning that it cannot be dispensed without a prescription. [Cases: Controlled Substances 9.]
interruption
interruption. A break in the period of possession of land, possibly ending a claim to ownership by prescriptive right. legal interruption. Louisiana law. A break in the running of prescription that occurs when the property’s possessor acknowledges another person’s ownership rights, or the owner (or obligor) sues the possessor (or obligor).La. Civ. Code arts. 3462,
subscriptio
subscriptio (s[schwa]b-skrip-shee-oh), n. [Latin] Roman law. 1. A signature, esp. a name written under or at the bottom of a document to authenticate it; an imperial rescript. 2. A signature to a will, required in certain cases in addition to the seals of witnesses. Pl. subscriptiones (s[schwa]b-skrip-shee-oh-neez).
ad libellum rescribere
ad libellum rescribere (ad l[schwa]-bel-[schwa]m ri-skrI-b[schwa]-ree), vb. [Latin] Roman law. To write an answer to a petition, esp. one to the emperor. See RESCRIPT(3).
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