SALVA SUBSTANTIA

salva substantia (sal-v<<schwa>> s<<schwa>>b-stan-shee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Roman &

civil law. The substance (of the property) being preserved; the substance remaining intact. — Also

termed salva rei substantia.

“A right of liferent, therefore, cannot be constituted in a subject which necessarily perishes in

the use; it must be a subject which can be used salva substantia.” John Trayner, Trayner’s Latin

Maxims 563 (4th ed. 1894). [Blacks Law 8^th]