Iter

(Lat.) In Civil Law. A way; a right of way belonging as a servitude to an estate in the country (praedium rusticwm). The right of way was of three kinds: (1) Iter, a right to walk, or ride on horseback or in a litter; (2) actus, a right to drive a beast or vehicle; (3) via, a full right of way, comprising right to walk or ride, or drive beast or ^7 ^^f,width of the objects which could be rightfully carried over the way; e. g., via, eight feet; actus, four feet, etc.

Mackeld. Civ. Law, § 290; Bracton, 232; 4 Bell. ' H. L. Sc. 390.

Iter est jus eundi, ambidandi hominis; non etiam jumentum agendi vel vehiculum. Iter is the right of going or walking, and does not include the right of driving a beast of burden or a carriage.

Co. Litt. 56a; Inst. 2. 3. pr.; 1 Mackeld.

Civ. Law, p. 343,, i 314. ' f In Old English Law. A journey, especially a circuit made by a justice in eyre, or itinerant justice, to try causes according to his own mission. Du Cange; Bracton, lib.

3, cc. 11, 12, 13; Britt. c. 2; Cowell. See