SENATUS CONSULTUM
Categories: Contracts
Definition (1910 Edition)
enacted In the consulship of Pegasus and Pusio, in the reign of Vespasian, by which an heir, who was requested to restore an inheritance, was allowed to retain one-fourth of it for himself. Inst. 2, 23, 5.—Sematus consultum Trebellianum. A decree of the senate (named from Trebellius, in whose consulate it was enacted) by which it was provided that, if an inheritance was restored under a trust, all actions which, by the civil law, might be brought by or against the heir should be given to and against him to whom the inheritance was restored. Inst. 2, 23, 4; Dig. 36, 1—Senatus consultum ims necessitatis. A decree of the senate of the last necessity. The name given to the decree which usually preceded the nomination of a dictator. 1 Bl. Comm. 136.— Senatus consultum Velleianum. The Velleian decree of the senate. A decree enacted in the consulship of Velleius, by which married women were probibited from making contracts. Story, Confl. Lawa, § 425.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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