A Topic of Moral Theology

Acquisitive Prescription

Acquiring ownership by long possession: the conditions of usucapion, and what good faith requires of the possessor.

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acquiring ownership by long possession · adverse possession · squatter's rights (ed.)

In the index as Prescription · Possession (Possessio) · Good Faith (Bona fides) · Goods · Title (Titulus) · Time (Tempus) · Ownership · Faith · Minors · Successor · Thing · Usucaption · Accession · Acquisitive · Acts · Census · Colorable title · Condition · Contract · Debt · Dominion · Eviction · Good faith required in prescription · Heir

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Third. On the Acq…, Article Fifth. On Prescription, nn. 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406 & 407 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. IV, Section III. Prescription, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point IV, I. On Prescription Generally, n. 805 — I. Notion. Prescription is a mode of acquiring something, or of liberating oneself from some obligation, through a definite lapse of time and under conditions established by law.Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point IV, II. On Acquisitive Prescription, n. 808 — For acquisitive prescription there are required: a prescriptible thing, possession prescribed by law, a just title, good faith, and the time established by law (St. Alphonsus, III, 504). I. A prescriptible thing. All thi… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point IV, III. On Liberative Prescription, nn. 809 & 810 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point IV, Scholion. On Prescription for Ecclesiastical Goods, n. 811 — I. The Church recognizes prescription as a mode of acquiring ecclesiastical goods and of liberating oneself from a debt arising either from a disposition of ecclesiastical authority or from a contract entered concerning … Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Titles to Property, nn. 1872 & 1875 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Contracts, n. 1889 — Cessation of Obligation. Cessation of Obligation.—The obligation of a contract ceases in various ways: (a) by action of the contractants, as when a promisee renounces his right, or each of the parties to a promise has made a gratuitous promise i… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, III. On the Mode of Acquiring Ownership by Civil Law, nn. 908, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 919, 921, 923, 924 & 925 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Art. I, § III, Point III. On Prescription, n. 584 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 244–258 (15 passages)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. IV, § 3. Statutes Concerning Prescription According To Certain Modern Laws, nn. 64 & 65 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the acquisition of dominion, nn. ¶659, ¶661, ¶662, ¶663, ¶664, ¶665, ¶666, ¶667, ¶668, ¶669 & ¶670 (11 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Five: On the Acqu…, Article IV: On Prescription, nn. 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231 & 232 (74 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the Acquisition of Dominion, n. 382 — Point II. On the Acquisition of Dominion by Prescription. Prescription is a means instituted for acquiring some right or for freeing oneself from some obligation, under conditions established by law. Hence it is clear that there is a twofold prescription by reason of matter: on… Read in context →

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Ways of Acquiring O…, On the other way of acquiring ownership of things that belong to another, namely prescription, nn. 1–71 (71 passages)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. I, Chapter V — On the dominion of things found, and of those things which accrue by force of alluvion or in another manner; and on prescription, n. X — X. QUESTION III. What is prescription undoubted by the civil law? ANSWER. It is the acquisition of dominion and the extinction of another's right, with the continuation of possession in good faith for the time prescribed… Read in context →

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. V, Subquestion II: What thing…, Doubt III: When things acquired by prescription are to be restored, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Prescription — Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Slater, Cases I · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · Decretals of Gregory IX · Liber Sextus — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)