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
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-