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mandement van spolie

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
man-de-men-t -van spolie
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An order (restitutory interdict) handed down by a court on application, originating in Roman Dutch law where a person (spoliator) is compelled to return a thing that has been taken unlawfully. The case turns on possession, not ownership: a mandement van spolie can even be brought by a thief where the owner unlawfully retrieves the thing stolen.

Inflected Forms

mandementen van spolie (plural)

Questions

What does mandement van spolie mean?
An order (restitutory interdict) handed down by a court on application, originating in Roman Dutch law where a person (spoliator) is compelled to return a thing that has been taken unlawfully. The case turns on possession, not ownership: a mandement van spolie can even be brought by a thief where the owner unlawfully retrieves the thing stolen.

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