Things

Question 1

How are things divided in roman law?

Answer 1

Corporeal and incorporeal
Heritable and moveable.

Question 2

What are corporeal things ?

Answer 2

If it has a physical presence, if it is tangible

e.g land, buildings, goods in a shop

Question 3

What are incorporeal things?

Answer 3

opposite of corporeal - no physical presence

e.g gas. electricity, rights (both personal and real)

Question 4

Explain heritable

Answer 4

immoveable
essentially the law of land, as land doesn’t move

Question 5

Explain moveable

Answer 5

the law of not land and it generally moves
i.e. money, a book, a car etc.

Question 6

What is corporeal heritable property?

Answer 6

Land and things which form part of the land - naturally i.e soil or by accession, buildings

Question 7

What is corporeal moveable property?

Answer 7

all other corporeal property that is not land

i.e. goods

Question 8

What is incorporeal heritable property?

Answer 8

Rights.

Connected with corporeal heritable property e.g lease, contract

or not connected with corporeal heritable property
e.g
Titles and coats of arms
Rights which have a tract of future time

Question 9

What is incorporeal moveable property?

Answer 9

All other incorporeal property

E.g a patent, copyright, shares in a company

Question 10

Explain patrimony

Answer 10

the totality of a person’s rights and obligations or assets and liabilities – all the things you own together with all the things you owe