A Topic of Moral Theology
Liberative Prescription
Freedom from a debt by lapse of time, and whether the debtor is freed before God as well as in law.
Also asked about as…
debt expiring with time · old debts no longer owed · statute of limitations on a debt (ed.)
In the index as Prescription (Praescriptio) · Time · Colorable title · Debt · Debts · Faith · Good faith required in prescription
In the manuals
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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, III. On Liberative Prescription, nn. 809 & 810 (2 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. 259, 260, 261, 262 & 263 (5 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, n. ¶659 — 659. - It is divided into acquisitive, which is also called usucapion, and by which some right is acquired; and liberative, which is simply called prescription, and by which someone is freed from some obligation. Acquisi… Read in context →
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. 233, 234 & 235 (28 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Prescription — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Gury-Ballerini, Compendium of Moral Theology (8th ed., 1884) · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Concina, Compendium · Slater, Cases I · Coppens, Moral Philosophy · Decretals of Gregory IX and 1 more — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)