legality. 1. Strict adherence to law, prescription, or doctrine; the quality of being legal. 2. The principle that a person may not be prosecuted under a criminal law that has not been previously published. — Also termed (in sense 2) principle of legality.
acknowledgment of debt. Louisiana law. Recognition by a debtor of the existence of a debt. • An acknowledg-ment of debt interrupts the running of prescription.
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natural possession (罗马法)自然占有 指不受市民法保护的事实占有，即对某物实施物理上的控制或支配，如以进住房屋或耕种农田的方式进行占有。自然占有可以是无权占有，可以产生非法占有的请求权，也可以因取得时效〔acquisitive prescription〕而产生所有权请求权。类似于后来的实际占有〔corporeal possession〕，与民法占有〔possessio civilis〕相对。 (=possessio naturalis)
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epistle (ee-pis-[schwa]l), n. Roman & civil law. A rescript replying to a magistrate or official body. See RESCRIPT(3).
preces (pree-seez), n. [Latin “prayers”] Roman law. A petition, esp. one addressed to the emperor by a private person. Cf. RESCRIPT(3).
tempus (tem-p[schwa]s), n. [Latin] Hist. Time; a specified duration. tempus continuum (tem-p[schwa]s k[schwa]n-tin-yoo-[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Hist. Time continuing without interruption; a continuous period. tempus deliberandi (tem-p[schwa]s di-lib-[schwa]-ran-dI), n. [Latin] Hist. The period allowed for deliberation; esp., the time during which an heir could consider whether to accept or reject an inheritance. Cf. JUS DELIBERANDI. tempus
A prescription drug developed to treat diseases affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the United States (such as a rare cancer) or whose developmental costs are not reasonably expected to be recovered from the drug’s sales. 21 USCA § 360bb. [Cases: Health 319.]
decimae vicariae (des-i-mee vI-kair-ee-ee). [Law Latin] Hist. Eccles. law. Vicarage tithes. • Vicars received tithes from various sources (such as from wool or eggs) according to need or custom. The right to levy them could not be lost by prescription.
patent medicine. A packaged drug that is protected by trademark and is available without prescription. [Cases: Health 302–305.]
valens agere (vay-lenz aj-[schwa]r-ee). [Law Latin] Hist. Able to act. “A person is said to be valens agere when, from age and position, he is able to protect his rights against the invasion of them by others: against such a person not protecting his rights prescription runs, while prescription does not run against one who