Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, same as
jettìson (which see). - noun in civil law, a method of preventing the acquiring of title by prescription. The real owner of the land upon which another was building went upon the building and, in the presence of witnesses brought for the purpose, threw down a stone upon the land, thus challenging the builder's right.
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Examples
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Et abiit, et sedit e regione, elongando se quantum est jactus arcus: quia dixit, Non videbo quando morietur puer: et sedit e regione, et elevavit vocem suma, et flevit.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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So also _patefaciō_, _patefīō_; _calefaciō_, _calefīō_; and all non-prepositional compounds. jaciō jacere jēcī jactus _hurl_ abiciō abicere abjēcī abjectus _throw away_ fodiō fodere fōdī fossus _dig_ fugiō fugere fūgī fugitūrus _flee_ effugiō effugere effūgī ---- _escape_
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Iste panis meus pretiosus super aquas literarias fæculentas præfidenter jactus, quasi Harpyiaram quarundam (scilicet bibliopolarum istorum facinorosorum supradictorum) tactu rancidus, intra perpaucos dies mihi domum rediit.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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Iste panis meus pretiosus super aquas literarias fæculentas præfidenter jactus, quasi Harpyiarum quarundam (scilicet bibliopolarum istorum facinorosorum supradictorum) tactu rancidus, intra perpaucos dies mihi domum rediit.
The Biglow Papers James Russell Lowell 1855
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