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Real Statutes

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In the civil law. Statutes which have property for their principal object, and do not speak of persons, except in relation to property. Story, Confl. Laws, § 13.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Statutes which have property for their principal object, and do not speak of persons, except in relation to property. Sto. Confl. L. § 13.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civil law. Statutes which have principally for their object property, and which do not speak of persons, except in relation to property. Story, Co.nfl. Laws, § 13; Saul v. His Creditors, 5 Mart. N. S. (La.) 582, 16 Am. Dec. 212.

Defined under Statute in Black's Law Dictionary.