Property and Civil Law Concepts

Vocabulary flashcards covering core Latin legal terms, personal servitudes, and historical dates identified in the lecture notes.

Vacatio legis

The prescribed legal time period between the publication or promulgation of a law and the date it takes legal effect and comes into force.

Ususfructus

A personal servitude granting the holder the legal right to use and gather the fruits or benefits of another person's property while preserving its substance.

Usus

A personal servitude that confers the right to use another person's property strictly to the extent needed to satisfy personal needs, without full entitlement to its fruits.

Habitatio

A personal servitude establishing the legal right of a person to inhabit or dwell in another person's residential property.

Inter vivos

A classification of legal acts or transactions executed between living persons that take effect during their lifetimes.

$$1787$$

The specific historical year cited in the lecture notes in connection with statutory codification and legal developments.