Debitum
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
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
I. A thing due or owing; a debt. Debitum et contractus sunt nnllins loci: debt and contract are of [belong to] no place; have no particular locality. Debitum In prassenti, solvendum in future: a debt due at present, to be paid in future; applied to obligations which are absolute or perfect when contracted, though not payable before a certain future day, as bonds and notes.
In Scots law. Debitum fundi: a debt of the ground; a debt which is a charge upon real estate.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. Debt; a thing due or proper. Debitum et contractus sunt nu Uius loci: debt and contract are of no place [they may be enforced in any jurisdiction]. Debitum in praesenti, solvendum in future (owed now, to be paid in future): a debt or obligation, complete when contracted, to be performed subsequently.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from debere, to owe.] A thing due or owing; a debt. Inst. 3. 16. 1. Stat. Westm. 2, c. 18. See Debitor. Debitum et contractus sunt nullius loci. Debt and contract are of [belong to] no place; have no particular locality. The obligation in these cases is purely personal, and actions to enforce it may be brought any where. 2 Inst. 231. Story's Confl. Laws, § 362. 1 Smith's Lead. Cas. 340, 363. Broom's Max. 414, note. Verbal contracts are for the purpose of jurisdiction nullius, or rather uniuscujusque loci. 7 Man. & Gr. 1019, note. DEBITUM IN PRAESENTI SOLVENDUM IN FUTURO.