universitas facti
universitas facti (yoo-ni-v[schwa]r-s[schwa]-tas fak-tI). [Law Latin] A plurality of corporeal things of the same kind regarded as a whole, such as a herd of cattle.
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res corporales
res corporales (rays kor-p[schwa]-ray-leez), n. pl.[Latin] Civil law. Corporeal things; tangible things that are perceptible to the senses. La. Civ. Code art. 461. See corporeal thing under THING.
thing
thing. 1. The subject matter of a right, whether it is a material object or not; any subject matter of ownership within the sphere of proprietary or valuable rights. • Things are divided into three categories: (1) things real or immovable, such as land, tenements, and hereditaments, (2) things personal or movable, such as goods
decenary
decenary. Hist. A town or district consisting of ten freeholding families. • A freeholder of the decenary (a decennarius) was bound by frankpledge to produce any wrongdoer living in the decenary. — Also spelled decennary. — Also termed decenna; tithing. Cf. FRANKPLEDGE. “The civil division of the territory of England is into counties, of those
personalty
personalty (p[schwa]rs-[schwa]n-[schwa]l-tee). Personal property as distinguished from real property. See personal property (1) under PROPERTY. [Cases: Property 4. C.J.S. Property §§ 14–21, 23.] quasi-personalty. Things that are considered movable by the law, though fixed to real property either actually (as with a fixture) or fictitiously (as with a lease for years).
nexum
nexum (nek-s[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman law. A transaction or practice of early Roman law under which a debtor, upon a failure to repay the debt, could be seized and held in bondage until the debt was repaid. • This practice was allowed in very early Roman law. “Nexum. This highly controversial matter will be briefly
res gestae
res gestae (rays jes-tee alsojes-tI), n. pl.[Latin “things done”] The events at issue, or other events contemporaneous with them. • In evidence law, words and statements about the res gestae are usu. admissible under a hearsay exception (such as present sense impression or excited utterance). Where the Federal Rules of Evidence or state rules fashioned
quare ejecit infra terminum
quare ejecit infra terminum (kwair-ee i-jee-sit in-fr[schwa] t[schwa]r-m[ schwa]-n[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “why he ejected within the term”] Hist. A writ for a lessee who was prematurely ejected, when the ejector was not actually in possession but one claiming under the ejector was. “For this injury the law has provided him with two remedies …
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private zoning
The use of restrictive covenants in private agreements to restrict the use and occupancy of real property. • Private zoning often covers such things as lot size, building lines, architectural specifications, and property uses. [Cases: Covenants 1. C.J.S. Covenants §§ 2–3.]
property
property n. (1)所有权 一个人对某项财产享有的独占性支配权，由对财产的占有、使用和以出租、出借、设定担保、转让、赠与、交换等方式予以处分等「一束权利」〔a bundle of rights〕构成，是法律承认一个人对财产享有的最充分、最完整、地位最高的权利。在此意义上，property和ownership含义相同。但在用法上，ownership不能被用来直接表达对土地本身的所有权，只能被用来表示一项地产权〔estate〕的归属，而property in land或complete/consummate property in land可以表示一个人对土地拥有的最高权益。 (2)财产 即所有权的客体，包括一切有金钱价值的物〔things〕与权利。大体上可分为有形财产〔tangible property〕与无形财产〔intangible property〕两类。前者指一切以物理形态存在的物体，如土地、房屋、家具、粮食等有形物；后者为各项财产性权利——如继承权、知识产权、损害求偿权等——及其他不以物理形态存在的事物——例如商誉〔goodwill〕。此外，财产还可总分为动产〔personal property〕与不动产〔real property〕，后者指土地及与土地相连的建筑物、树木等附属物，前者指除此之外的一切财产。 (3)不动产(=real property) (4)(拥有的一块)土地；地产 (5)房屋；建筑物