A Topic of Moral Theology
What prescription is
Ownership gained or lost by adverse possession; English law.
In the index as Prescription (Praescriptio) · Good faith · Successor · Title · Usucaption · Heir · Limitation Acts · Possession · Prescription, acquisitive, liberative · Title to property
In the manuals
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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, n. 1 — As the term is used here in moral theology, prescription is a title by which the ownership of property is gained or lost through adverse possession during the time and in the manner laid down by law. In English law the t… Read in context →
Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels
Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. V, Art. IV, § 1, How Manifold It Is, What It Effects, n. 400 — I. What It Is. Prescription is an original mode, established by positive law, of acquiring a real right or of destroying an obligation or action, after a certain interval of time has elapsed, and with the other prescript… Read in context →
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. IV, § 1, Division, And Value Of Prescription, nn. 57 & 58 (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. ¶657, ¶658 & ¶659 (3 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, n. 225 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Prescription — Wouters, 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) · Tanquerey · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae · Concina, Compendium · 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.)