prescriptive right
61jactus lapilli — Throwing down a stone. Under the civil law this was an act which was symbolic of an assertion of right or title in land and was employed to bar the acquisition of a prescriptive right or title by adverse possession …
62Ancient — An cient, a. [OE. auncien, F. ancien, LL. antianus, fr. L. ante before. See {Ante }, pref.] 1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times… …
63Ancient demesne — Ancient An cient, a. [OE. auncien, F. ancien, LL. antianus, fr. L. ante before. See {Ante }, pref.] 1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the… …
64Ancient lights — Ancient An cient, a. [OE. auncien, F. ancien, LL. antianus, fr. L. ante before. See {Ante }, pref.] 1. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the… …
65investiture — /in ves ti cheuhr, choor /, n. 1. the act or process of investing. 2. the formal bestowal, confirmation, or presentation of rank, office, or a possessory or prescriptive right, usually involving the giving of insignia or an official title. 3. the …
66Annates — • The first fruits, or first year s revenue of an ecclesiastical benefice paid to the Papal Curia (in medieval times to bishops also) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Annates Annates …
67Homoousion — • The word used by the Council of Nicaea (325) to express the Divinity of Christ Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Homoousion Homoousion …
68investiture — noun a) The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right. b) That which invests or clothes; covering; vestment …
69nonsense — 1. noun a) Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning. After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense. b) An untrue statement. He says that I stole his computer,… …
70Commonwealth — Like its close cognate Commonweal, the term commonwealth implies the idea of a common good. The word came into use in the seventeenth century to name states deriving their legitimacy from a claim to pursue that good, as against legitimacy… …
