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Absoluta

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I., Absolute. ' Complete or perfect; witliqut exception, condition, or limitation; flnaL An absolute estate is an estate subject to no condition. Absolute property is full and complete ownership of chattels in possession. An absolute conveyance is a conveyance without condition or qualification which might operate to defeat or change it Absolute rights are the natural rights of persons as individuals, as opposed to those which arise out of civil or domestic relations. A rule absolute is an order or judgment to be enforced immediately; opposed to a rule nisi which is to be enforced only in case cause is not shown. Absoluta sententia expositore non indiget: an absolute sentence or proposition needs not an expositor. Absolatnm et directum dominium: absolute and right ownership.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. Absolute, complete, without exception, or condition. Absoluta sententia expositore non indiget. An absolute sentence or proposition, [one that is plain without any scruple, or absolute without any saving,] needs not an expositor. 2 Inst. 533.