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Lex Atinia

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In the Roman law. The Atinian law; a law declaring that the property in things stolen should not be acquired by prescription (usucapione). Inst. 2. 6. 2; Adam, Rom. Ant. 207. LEX BAIUVARIORUM (BAIORIORUM, or Boiorum). The law of the Bavarians, a barbarous nation of Europe, first collected (together with the law of the Franks and Alemanni) by Theodoric I., and finally completed and promulgated by Dagobert. Spelman.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The law preventing acquisition of title by continued possession of stolen goods.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

(B. O. 198.) It provided that things stolen or seized by violence could not be acquired by use, although they liave been possessed hona fide during the length of time prescribed by uaucapion (q, v.). Inst 2. 6. 3.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The Atinian law; a law declaring that the property in things stolen shonid not be acquired by prescription, (usucapione.) Inst. 2, 6, 2; Adams, Rom. Ant. 207.

Defined under Lex in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In Roman law. The Atinian law; a law declaring that the property in things stolen should not be acquired by prescription, (wsweapione.) Inst. 2, 6, 2; Adams, Rom. Ant. 207.