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  • Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988

    Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 in Europe CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring […]

  • Testamentum

    Definition of Testamentum A will. There were the following varieties: (a) Calatis comitiis, made in time of peace in the comitia curiata twice a year. (b) Product urn, made in time of war in the field by the army in fighting order, (c) Per aes et libram : By the copper and the scales. The…

  • Principum Placita

    Definition of Principum Placita The enactments or constitutions of the emperors. What the emperor determines has the force of a statute. (Roman Law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Principum Placita in the Dictionaries, Principum Placita in our […]

  • Pacta Qua Contra Leges Constitutionesque Vel Contra Bonos Morea Fiunt, Nullam Vim Habere, Indubitati Juris Est

    Definition of Pacta Qua Contra Leges Constitutionesque Vel Contra Bonos Morea Fiunt, Nullam Vim Habere, Indubitati Juris Est It is undoubted law that agreements which are contrary to the laws and constitutions, or contrary to good morals, have no force Browse You might be interested in these […]

  • Law

    Definition of Law A law is an obligatory rule of conduct. The term is applied to observed uniformities of action, as in the law of gravitation. But its proper use is in the sphere of jurisprudence.There are different views as to the nature of law. Hobbes defined law as The commands of him or […]

  • Corpus Juris Civilis

    Definition of Corpus Juris Civilis The body of Roman law contained in the Institutes, Digest, and Code compiled by order of Justinian, together with the Novelise, or constitutions promulgated after the compilation of the Code Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

  • Constitution

    Definition of Constitution Formerly, a law or ordinance; now, the form in which a State is organisedA constitution may be (a) unwritten, resting mainly on custom and convention ; (b) written, drawn up in legal form ; (c) flexible, capable of being altered by ordinary legislative act ; (d) […]

  • Clam, Vi, Aut Precario

    Definition of Clam, Vi, Aut Precario By stealth, violence, or entreaty. Clarendon, Constitutions of, (1164). Enactments passed to secure the jurisdiction of the King’s Courts in certain matters of dispute between laymen and the Church Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]