Divisum imperium
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A divided jurisdiction. Applied e. g. to the jurisdiction of courts of common law and equity over the same subject. 1 Kent 366.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I A divided empire or jurisdiction; a jurisdiction shared between two tribunals, or exercised by them alternately, as, the jurisdiction of courts of common law and courts of admiralty between high-water and low-water mark.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Lat. A divided jurisdiction. Applied, e g., to the jurisdiction of courts of common taw and equity over the same subject. 1 Kent, Comm. 366; 4 Steph, Comm. 9.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. A divided empire; a jurisdiction shared by two tribunals.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. A divided empire or jurisdiction; a jurisdiction shared between two tribunals, or exercised by them alternately.* This classic phrase is frequently applied in the books to the jurisdiction alternately exercised by the courts of common law and admiralty between high and low water mark, where the sea ebbs and flows; the one having jurisdiction upon the water when it is full sea, and the other upon the land when it is an ebb. Finch, Law, 78. 6 Co. 107. 1 Bl. C<ym. 110. Molloy de Jur. Mar. 231. 1 Kent's C<ym, 366. It is applied also to the jurisdiction exercised by courts of common law and of equity over the same subject. 4 Stepk. Com. 9.