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Conscientia rei alieni

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Knowledge of another’s ownership.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In Scotch law. Knowledge of another's property ; knowledge that a thing is not one's own, but belongs to another. He who has this knowledge, and retains possession, is chargeable with "violent profits."

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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In Scots law. Knowledge by a person in possession of property that the property belongs to another, which renders the possessor liable for what is called violent profits.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Scotch law. Knowledge of another's property; Knowledge that a thing is not one’s own, but belongs to another. He who has this knowledge, and retains possession, is chargeable with “violent profits.”

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. ^ooteh law.) Knowledge that property held by one belongs to another. If the possessor knows thi Sj he is liable for violent profits, being in mala fide.