Communia
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
or COMMUNIAE (Lat.)
In old European law. Communities. Towns enfranchised by the crown, in most of the feu- I dal kingdoms of Europe, about the twelfth century, and formed into free corporations, by what were termed "charters of community." 1 Robertson, Hist. Charles V. 24-29, and notes in Appendix.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In old English law. Common; common things, such as running water, the air, the sea and sea shores. Commnnia pastions between common persons, i. e, between other, as distinguished from placita coronoe, criminal actions; — non sequantur curiam in aliqno loco certo: common pleas shall shall be held in some certain placed — inter tro, quod commune vocaut, in hoc between subjects are determitied in this law which they call common. Communia turbary. Communia vero dici potcrunt nium animantium: common things may which belong to all living creatures.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Inold Englishlaw, Common things, res communes. Such asrunning water, the air, the sea, and seashores. LBract. fol. 7b.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[plur. of communis, q. v.] Lat.
In old English law. Common things, res communes. Such as running water, the air, the sea and sea shores. Bract, fol. 7 b.