Debile Fundamentum

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

FALLIT opus. Where there is a weak foundation, the work falls. 2 Bouv. Inst, note 2068; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 169, 171. DEBITA FUNDI (Lat.)

In Scotch law. Debts secured on land. Bell, Diet. DEBITA LAICORUM (Lat.) Debts of the laity; those which may be recovered in civil courts. DEBITA SEQUUNTUR PERSONAM debltorls. Debts follow the person of the debtor. Story, Confl. Laws, § 362; 2 Kent, Comm. 429; Halk. Max. 13. DEBITOR NON PRAESUMITUR DOnare. A debtor Is not presumed to make a gift. See 1 Karnes, Eq. 212; Dig. 50. 16. 108; 1 P. Wms. 239.