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cum aucupationibus venationibus et piscationibus

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cum aucupationibus, venationibus, et piscationibus (k[schwa]m awk-y[schwa]-pay-shee-oh-n[schwa]-b[schwa]s, vi-nay-shee-oh-n[schwa]-b[schwa]s, et pi-skay-shee-oh-n[schwa]-b[schwa]s). [Latin] Scots law. With fowlings, huntings, and fishings. • The phrase was part of a clause granting the legal right to hunt and fish on the conveyed land if the right was ac-companied by actual possession of the land for a specific period.

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antenatus

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antenatus (an-tee-nay-t[schwa]s). [Law Latin] A person born before a certain political event that affected the person’s political rights; esp., a person born before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Cf. POST-NATUS. Pl. antenati.

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senatus consultum

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senatus consultum (si-nay-t[schwa]s k[schwa]n-s[schwa]l-t[schwa]m). [Latin] Roman law. In the Republic, a resolution of the Roman Senate, which did not have the force of law (though usu. followed). • In the first century A.D., these resolutions replaced the legislation of the comitia, but by the end of the second century, they were merely the Senate’s official

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le roy remercie ses loyal sujets accepte leur benevolence

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le roy remercie ses loyal sujets, accepte leur benevolence, et ainsi le veut (l[schwa]r wah ruu-mair-see say lwI-ahl soo-zhay, ak-sept luu[r] bay-nay-voh-lawns, ay an-see l[schwa] vuu). [Law French] Hist. The king thanks his loyal subjects, accepts their benevolence, and therefore wills it to be so. • This is a form of the royal assent to

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recta gubernatio

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recta gubernatio (rek-t[schwa] g[y]oo-b[schwa]r-nay-shee-oh), n. [Latin “right government”] A government in which the highest power, however strong and unified, is neither arbitrary nor irresponsible, and derives from a law that is superior to itself. — Also termed legitima gubernatio.

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