Opus
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat. Work; labor; the product of work or labor.
— Opus locatum. The product of work let for use to another; or the hiring out of work or labor to be done upon a thing.
— Opus maul ificum. In old English law. Labor done by the hands; manual labor; such as making a hedge, digging a ditch. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 48, § 3.
— Opus novum. In the civil law. A new work. By this term was meant something newly built upon land, or taken from a work already erected. He was said opus novum faeere (to make a new work) who, either by building or by taking anything away, changed the former appearance of a work. Dig. 39, 1, 1, 11.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In old English law. Benefit; advantage; work; labor. Opus maniflcum: labor done by the hands: manual labor.
In the civil law. Work; labor; a thing made or done by labor. Opus locatnm: a work let out. Opus novum: anew work; something newly built upon land, or taken from a work already erected. Or. In written instruments, statutes, etc., frequently construed to mean "and," where such construction is necessary to give effect to the intention.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Lat. Work; labor; the product of work or labor.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
;. Work, labor. Benefit, advantage. manual labor. Opus novum: a new structure.