Specificatio
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Civil Law. The process by which, from material either of one kind or different kinds, either belonging to the person using them or to another, a new form or thing is created; as, if from gold or gold and silver a cup be made, or from grapes wine. Calvinus, Lex. Whether the property in the new article was in the owner of the materials or in him who effected the change was a matter of contest between the two great sects of Roman lawyers. Stair, Inst, p.
204, § 41; Mackeldey, Civ. Law § 241.