LABES REALIS QUAE REI INHAERET

labes realis quae rei inhaeret (lay-beez ree-ay-lis kwee ree-I in-heer-it). [Latin] Scots law. A real defect that attaches to the thing. Cf. VITIUM REALE . “Theft, also, constitutes a labes realis in the title of any one holding the subject stolen, no matter how honestly he may have acquired it; and on this defect, which […]