VITIUM REALE

vitium reale (vish-ee-[schwa]m ree-ay-lee). [Latin “true error”] Hist. & Scots law. A defect in a title that renders the movable property nontransferable; specif., an inherent vice in the title of anyone who holds a stolen thing, even if acquired honestly, so that the true owner can reclaim it. Cf. LABES REALIS QUAE REI INHAERET. “A […]