A Topic of Moral Theology
Prescription
Acquiring ownership or losing claims by lapse of time: the conditions, especially good faith, that prescription requires.
The works themselves ask 45 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
Also asked about as…
adverse possession · squatting · statute of limitations (ed.)
In the index as Prescription · Goods · Accession · Animals · Occupation · Things · Lost things · Prescription, acquisitive, liberative · Title · Possession · Dominion · Finding · Good faith · Usucaption · Birds · Fisc · Good, doubtful, bad faith in a possessor · Ownership · Requisite Conditions · Shipwreck · Time · Another's thing · Cessation · Condition
In the manuals
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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 & 3 (3 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, nn. 805, 806 & 807 (3 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, 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)
Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)
69. On Prescription, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (23 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, nn. 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589 & 590 (52 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, n. 243 — § III. On Prescription.. 243. State of the question. Prescription is a mode of acquiring dominion, or of freeing oneself from an obligation through a certain lapse of time, and under conditions determined by law or custom. Lugo, disp. VII; Lessi… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. V, Art. IV, § 3. What Force Prescription Has in the Forum of Conscience, nn. 403, 404, 405, 406 & 407 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Article IV. On Prescription, n. ¶17 — We shall treat 1. of the notion, division, and value of prescription; 2. of the conditions required for legitimate prescription; 3. of the statutes of certain modern laws.Read in context →
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. IV, § 3. Statutes Concerning Prescription According To Certain Modern Laws, nn. ¶19, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 & 69 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. III, ARTICLE III: On Prescription, nn. ¶890 & ¶891 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. III, Art. III, § 1. On Acquisitive Prescription, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶892, ¶4, ¶893, ¶5, ¶894, ¶6, ¶895, ¶896, ¶7, ¶897 & ¶898 (14 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. III, Art. III, § 2. On Liberative Prescription, nn. ¶899, ¶900 & ¶901 (3 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. ¶6 — Point II. On Prescription.. 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, n. 225 (3 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, nn. ¶1, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 375, Q. 2 & 376–397 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)
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. 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 & 81 (10 passages — hover a number to read it)
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, nn. I–XVII (17 passages)
Cases of Conscience for English-Speaking Countries, Volume I
Slater, Cases I, The Seventh Commandment—Ju…, Case 8. Prescription, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶4, ¶5, ¶6, ¶7, ¶8 & ¶9 (9 passages — hover a number to read it)
A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
Chapter V: Rights of Ownership in Material Property, nn. ¶374 & ¶375 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
The Decretals of Gregory IX (Liber Extra)
Bk. II, Title XXVI: On Prescriptions, cc. 1–20 (20 passages)
The Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII
Bk. II, Title XIII: On Prescriptions, cc. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
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)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter Third. On the Repa…, Question Third. On Restitu…, Article First. Required Conditions, n. 454 — 454. In order that a damaging action induce the obligation of restitution, this threefold condition is required: a. that the action be truly unjust; b. that it be an efficacious cause of the damage; c. that it be theolog… 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 Title to Property — Slater, Questions — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)