Universitas

Lat In the civil law. A corporation aggregate. Dig. 3, 4, 7. Literally, a whole formed out of many individuals. 1 Bl. Comm. 469.

— Universitas facti. In the civil law. A plurality of corporeal things of the same kind, which are regarded as a whole; e. g., a herd of cattle, a stock of goods. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 162. Universitas juris. In the civil law. A quantity of things of all sorts, corporeal as well as incorporeal, which, taken together, are regarded as a Whole ; e. g., an inheritance, an estate. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 162.

— Universitas rernm. In the civil law. Literally, a whole of things. Several single things, which, though not mechanically connected with one another, are, when taken together, regarded as & whole in any legal respect. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 162.