Unde Nihil Habet — Law Dictionary

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

See "Dower." UNDE VI (Lat. wherefrom by force).

In the civil law. The technical name of that species of interdict which was granted to recover the possession of an immovable thing wherefrom a person had been ejected by force. Inst. 4. 15. 6; Heinec. Elem. Jur. Civ. lib. 4, tit. 15, § 1303; 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 250, § 253. UNDE VIR ET UXOR (Lat.)

In the civil law. A species of the bonorum possessio granted to a husband or wife, and by which they succeeded each other, on failure of the cognati. Inst. 3. 10. 1. 2; Dig. 38. 11; Heinec. Elem. Jur. Civ. lib. 3, tit. 10, § 725; Halifax, Anal. bk. 2, c 11, No. 5.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Whence he has nothing. See Dower unde, etc.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Dower.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat In old English law. The name of the writ of dower, which lay for a widow, where no dower at ali had been assigned her within the time limited by law. 3 Bl. Comm. 183.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Whereof she has nothing. One name of a writ of dower, in old English law, which issued for a widow to whom no dower had been assigned within the period fixed by law.