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Miserabile depositum

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A deposit made under stress of necessity.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat.

In the civll law. The name of an involuntary deposit, made under pressing necessity; as, for instance, shipwreck, fire or other inevitable calamity. Poth. Proc. Civlle, pt. 5, c. 1, § 1; Code La. 2935.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. in the civillaw. The name of an involuntary deposit, made under pressing necessity; as, for instance, shipwreck, fire, or other inevitable calamity. Poth. Proc. Civile, pt. 5, ¢. 1, § 1; Code La. 2935,

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A lamentable deposit. The term applied, in the civil law, to a deposit made involuntarily, or under pressing necessity; so called because made under circum-