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Adams, 10 How

Categories: Property

Definition (1910 Edition)

308, 13 L. Ed. 417. —Jactus lapilli. The throwing down of a stone. One of the modes, under the civil Jaw, of interrupting prescription. re one per son was building on another’s ground, and in this way acquiring a right by wsucapio, the true owner challenged the intrusion and interrupted the prescriptive right by throwing down one. of the stones of the building before witnesses called for the purpose. Tray. Lat. Max.

303, 18 L. Ed. 417.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.