Quiritarian Ownership
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Roman law. Ownership in the strict forms of law; legal title, as distinguished from the equitable title known as "Bonitarian ownership." QUISQUIS EST QUI VELIT JURIS CONsultus haberi, continuet studlum, velit a quocunque doceri. Whoever wishes to be held a jurisconsult, let him continually study, and desire to be taught by everybody. QUISQUIS PRAESUMITUR BONUS; ET semper in dubiis pro reo respondendum. Every one is presumed good; and in doubt-
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Roman law. Ownership held by a title recognized by the municipal law, in an object alao recognized by that law, and in the strict character of a Roman citizen. "Roman law originally only recognized one kind of dominion, called, emphatically, 'quiritary dominion.' Gradually, however, certain real rights arose which, though they failed to satisfy all the elements of the definition of quiritary dominion, were practically its equivalent, and received from the courts a similar protection. These real rights might fall short of quiritary dominion in three respects;
(1) Either in respect of the persons in whom they resided;
(2) or of the subjecte to which they related; or
(3) of the title by which they were acquired." In the latter case, the ownership was called "bonitarian," i. e., "the property of a Roman citizen, in a subject capable of quiritary property, acquired by a title not known to the civil law, but introduced by the prætor and protected by his imperium or supreme executive power;" e. g., where res mancipi had been transferred by mere tradition. Poste's Gaius' Inst 186.
(1) Either in respect of the persons in whom they resided;
(2) or of the subjecte to which they related; or
(3) of the title by which they were acquired." In the latter case, the ownership was called "bonitarian," i. e., "the property of a Roman citizen, in a subject capable of quiritary property, acquired by a title not known to the civil law, but introduced by the prætor and protected by his imperium or supreme executive power;" e. g., where res mancipi had been transferred by mere tradition. Poste's Gaius' Inst 186.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
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