LEX HOSTILIA DE FURTIS

By SovConn | August 28, 2013

lex Hostilia de furtis (leks hos-til-ee-<<schwa>> dee f<<schwa>>r-tis). [Latin] Roman law.A law of the early Republic providing that the state could prosecute a person for theft on behalf of an owner when the owner was captive or abroad. • This affected the actiones legis. See LEGIS ACTIO.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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