Jus disponendi
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Jus disponendi, in the civil law
, refers to the right of disposing (of a thing owned, i.e. it is an attribute of dominium
, or ownership). An expression used either:
Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system inspired by Roman law and whose primary feature is that laws are codified into collections, as compared to common law systems that gives great precedential weight to common law on the principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different...
, refers to the right of disposing (of a thing owned, i.e. it is an attribute of dominium
Dominium
Dominium, a legal term meaning "Dominion; control; ownership," forms several related compounds in legal Latin:*dominium directum -- Direct ownership, that is control of the property, but not necessarily with right to its utilization or alienation...
, or ownership). An expression used either:
- generally, to signify the right of alienation, as historically a married woman would be deprived of the jus disponendi over her separate estate;
- specially, in the law relating to sales of goods, where it is often a question whether the vendor of goods has the intention of reserving to himself the jus disponendi; i. e., of preventing the ownership from passing to the purchaser, notwithstanding that he (the vendor) has parted with the possession of the goods.