Chapter 1

Question 0

cession

Answer 0

the formal giving up of rights, property, or territory, especially by a state

Question 1

usufruct

Answer 1

the right to enjoy the use and advantages of another’s property short of the destruction or waste of its substance

Question 2

quitrent

Answer 2

a fixed rent payable to a feudal superior in commutation of services

Question 3

cede

Answer 3

give up (power or territory)

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proprietary

Answer 4

of or relating to an owner or ownership

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demonstrable

Answer 5

clearly apparent or capable of being logically proved

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legion

Answer 6

great in number

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mete

Answer 7

to distribute or apportion by measure; allot

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preemption

Answer 8

the purchase of goods or shares by one person or party before the opportunity is offered to others

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dogma

Answer 9

a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true

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levee

Answer 10

an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river

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appropriation

Answer 11

the action of taking something for one’s own use, typically without the owner’s permission

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impetus

Answer 12

a force that causes something (such as a process or activity) to be done or to become more active

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advent

Answer 13

the arrival of a notable person, thing, or event

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interlude

Answer 14

a period of time between events or activities

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inholding

Answer 15

a tract of land under private ownership within a national park

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mandate

Answer 16

give (someone) authority to act in a certain way

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condemn

Answer 17

to pronounce to be guilty; sentence to punishment

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res

Answer 18

things

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res in patrimonio

Answer 19

things that belong to someone

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res extra patrimonium

Answer 20

things outside of private ownership or not yet owned

Question 21

res publicae

Answer 21

under res extra patrimonium

highways, rivers, harbors

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res institutiones

Answer 22

under res extra patrimonium

things owned by society in general; theatres, stadia, universities

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res communes

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under res extra patrimonium

common property resources; air, water, seashore

Question 24

res nullius

Answer 24

under res extra patrimonium

things owned by no one, incapable of being owned (churches, cemeteries), or not yet owned (wildlife)

Question 25

profligate

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recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

Question 26

4 most important rules added to the Magna Carta by the barons

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• freedom of action and speech
• just punishment
• due process (can provide evidence, trial, can defend themselves)
• disafforestation (give back land that was taken as unusual punishment)

Question 27

Describe congress

Answer 27

A part of the Legislative branch
Made up of the Senate (100; 2 senators per state; terms are 6 years) and The House of Representatives (435; proportional to the population of the state; terms are 2 years)

Question 28

admiralty

Answer 28

the jurisdiction of courts of law over cases concerning ships or the sea and other navigable waters; maritime law