Universitas

In Civil Law. A universitas or~ corporate body existed when a number of persons were so united that the law takes no notice of their separate existence, but recognizes them only under a common name. Hunter, Roin. L. 314. UNIVERSITAS JURIS (Lat.). In 6ivil Law. A quantity of things of various kinds, corporeal and incorporeal, taken together as a whole, e. g. an estate. It is used in contradistinction to univcrsitas facti t which is a whole made up of coi'poreal units. Mackelthe single circumstance of their having be- An assembly of three or more persons: — longed at one time to some one person. It is, 1. With Intent to commit a crime by open as it were, the legal clothing of some given force. 2. With intent to carry out a comindividual. Maine, Anc. L. 178. mon purpose, lawful^or unlawful, in such a UNIVERSITAS RERUM (Lat.). In Civil manner as to give firm and courageous per- Law. Several things not mechanically unit- sons in the neighborhood of such assembly ed, but which, taken together, in some legal reasonable grounds to apprehend a breach of respects are regarded as one whole. Mackel- the peace in consequence of it. Steph. Dig. Cr. Law, art. 75. If they move forward todey, Civ. Law § 149. wards its execution, it is then a rout; and if

Lat In the civil law. A corporation aggregate. Dig. 3, 4, 7. Literally, a whole formed out of many individuals. 1 Bl. Comm. 469.

— Universitas facti. In the civil law. A plurality of corporeal things of the same kind, which are regarded as a whole; e. g., a herd of cattle, a stock of goods. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 162. Universitas juris. In the civil law. A quantity of things of all sorts, corporeal as well as incorporeal, which, taken together, are regarded as a Whole ; e. g., an inheritance, an estate. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 162.

— Universitas rernm. In the civil law. Literally, a whole of things. Several single things, which, though not mechanically connected with one another, are, when taken together, regarded as & whole in any legal respect. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 162.

I. A thing complete, in its entirety. A corporation aggregate. Universitas bonorum: a man's entire estate. So, Universum jus: the entire right or estate.