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Page 154
... deceased one , the parts might be all corporeal , but the whole was incorporeal . So , even in a flock of sheep , if permanently kept up . A third division was into res mobiles and immobiles . To the latter belong land and buildings ...
... deceased one , the parts might be all corporeal , but the whole was incorporeal . So , even in a flock of sheep , if permanently kept up . A third division was into res mobiles and immobiles . To the latter belong land and buildings ...
Page 161
... deceased person , the total of his property relations , which , by will of the deceased , or by course of law , became vested in the person of his heir . A third division of property is into res mobiles and immobiles ( movable and ...
... deceased person , the total of his property relations , which , by will of the deceased , or by course of law , became vested in the person of his heir . A third division of property is into res mobiles and immobiles ( movable and ...
Page 175
... deceased person under a will which had not been executed with all the prescribed formalities , he did not become owner of the estate ex jure Quiritium , as if he had been heir ; he only had it in bonis as bonorum possessor ; but here ...
... deceased person under a will which had not been executed with all the prescribed formalities , he did not become owner of the estate ex jure Quiritium , as if he had been heir ; he only had it in bonis as bonorum possessor ; but here ...
Page 262
... deceased and the heir were blended into one ; whence - 5 . The heir was liable in his whole property for the debts of the inheritance ; though by the beneficium in- ventarii , under Justinian , the liability might be restricted to the ...
... deceased and the heir were blended into one ; whence - 5 . The heir was liable in his whole property for the debts of the inheritance ; though by the beneficium in- ventarii , under Justinian , the liability might be restricted to the ...
Page 266
... deceased predecessor , repro- ducing and continuing his legal personality . All the rights of property , all the claims and liabilities which belonged to his predecessor , pass over to the heir , and become his rights , his claims and ...
... deceased predecessor , repro- ducing and continuing his legal personality . All the rights of property , all the claims and liabilities which belonged to his predecessor , pass over to the heir , and become his rights , his claims and ...
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