HAUSTUS
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
Origin: Civil Law
Lat. In the civil law. A ‘species of servitude, consisting in the right to draw water from another’s well or spring, in which the ctcr, (right of way to the well or spring,) so far as it is necessary, is tacitly included. Dig. 8, 3, 1; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 318.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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