Mort Civile — Law Dictionary

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In French law. Civil death, as upon conviction for felony. It was nominally abolished by a law of the 31st of May, 1854, but something very similar to it, in effect, at least, still remains. Thus, the property of the condemned, possessed by him at the date of his conviction, goes and belongs to his successors (heritiers), as in case of an intestacy, and his future acquired property goes to the state by right of its prerogative (par droit de desherence), but the state may, as a matter of grace, make it over in whole or dn part to the widow and children. Brown.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Civil death, which see.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In French law. Civll death, as upon conviction for felony. It was nominally abolished by a law of the 31st of May, 1854, but something very similar to it, in effect at least, still remains. Thus, the property of the condemned, possessed by him at the date of his conviction, goes and belongs to his successors, (hdritiers,) as in case of an intestacy; and his future acquired property goes to the state by right of its prerogative, (par droit de d6sh6rence,) but the state may, as a matter of grace, make it over in whole or in part to the widow and chll-dren. Brown.