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Laws of Wisbuy






Laws of Wisbuy

Maritime law. A code of sea laws established by "the merchants and masters of the magnificent city of Wisbuy." This city was the ancient capital of Gothland, an island in the Baltic sea, anciently much celebrated for its commerce and wealth, now an obscure and inconsiderable place. Malyne, in his collection of sea laws, says that the laws of Oleron were translated into Dutch by the people of Wisbuy for the use of the Dutch coast. By Dutch probably means German, and it cannot be denied that many of the provisions contained in the Laws of Wisbuy, are precisely the same as those which are found in the Laws of Oleron. The northern writers pretend however that they are more ancient than the Laws of Oleron, or than even the Consolato del Mare. Clairac treats this notion with contempt, and declares that at the time of the promulgation of the laws of Oleron, in 1266, which was many years after they were compiled, the magnificent city of Wisbuy had not yet acquired the denomination of a town. Be this as it may, these laws were for some ages, and indeed still remain, in great authority in the northern part of Europe. "Lex Rhodia navalis," says Grotius, "pro jure gentium, in illo mare Mediteraneo vigebat; sicut apud Gallium leges Oleronis, et apud omnes transrhenanos, leges Wisbuenses."

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Maritime
That which belongs to or is connected with the sea.

Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.

Code
Legislation. Signifies in general a collection of laws. It is a name given by way of eminence to a collection of such laws made by the legislature.

City
Government. A town incorporated by that name.

Capital
1) Political economy, commerce. In political economy, it is that portion of the produce of a country, which may be made directly available either to support the human species or to the facilitating of production. 2) In commerce, as applied to individuals, it is those objects, whether consisting of money or other property, which a merchant, trader, or other person adventures in an undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership. 3) It signifies money put out at interest.

Island
A piece of land surrounded by water. Islands are in the sea or in rivers. Those in the sea are either in the open sea, or within the boundary of some country.

Sea
The ocean; the great mass of waters which surrounds the land, and which probably extends from pole to pole, covering nearly three quarters of the globe. Waters within the ebb and flow of the tide, are to be considered the sea.

Commerce
Latin commercium. In its simplest signification, an exchange of goods; but in the advancement of society, labor, transportation, itelligence, care and various mediums of exchange, become commodities and enter into commerce. Gibbens v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 229 (1824), Marshall, Chief Justice. The interchange or mutual change of goods, productions, or property of any kind, between nations or individuals.

Place
Pleading, evidence. A particular portion of space; locality.

Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer

People
A state.

Coast
The margin of a country bounded by the sea. This term includes the natural appendages of the territory which rise out of the water, although they are not of sufficient firmness to be inhabited or fortified.

German
Relations, germanus. Whole or entire, as respects genealogy or descent; thus, "brother-german," denotes one who is brother both by the father and mother's side cousins-germane" those in the first and nearest degree, children of brothers or sisters.

Provisions
Food for man; victuals.

Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.

Promulgation
The order given to cause a law to be executed, and to make it public it differs from publication.

Years
Estate for years.

Town
This word is used differently in different parts of the United States. In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a county, called in other places a township.

May
To be permited; to be at liberty; to have the power.

Authority
Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands.

Jure
By law; by right; in right; as, jure civilis, by the civil law; jure gentium, by the law of nations; jure representationis, by right of representation; jure uxoris, in right of a wife.



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Laws ex post facto
Those which are made to punish actions committed before the existence of such laws, and which had not been declared crimes by preceding laws. By the constitution of the United States and those of the several states, the legislatures are forbidden to pass ex post facto laws

Laws of Oleron
Maritime law. A code of sea laws of deserved celebrity. It was originally promulgated by Eleonor, duchess of Guienne, the mother of Richard the First of England. Returning from the Holy Land, and familiar with the maritime regulations of the Archipelago, she enacted these laws at Oleron in Guienne, and they derive their title from the place of their publication. The language in which they were originally written is the Gascon, and their first object appears to have been the commercial operations of that part of France only. Richard I., of England, who inherited the dukedom of Guienne from his mother, improved this code, and introduced it into England. Some additions were made to it by King John; it was prormulgated anew in the 50th year of Henry III., and received its ultimate confirmation in the 12th year of Edward III.

Laws of the hanse towns
A code of maritime laws known as the laws of the Hanse towns, or the ordinances of the Hanseatic towns, was first published in German, at Lubec, in 1597. In an assembly of deputies from the several towns held at Lubec, these laws were afterwards, May 23, 1614, revised and enlarged. The text of this digest, and a Latin translation, are published with a commentary by Kuricke; and a French translation has been given by Cleirac.

Laws of the twelve tables
Laws of ancient Rome composed in part from those of Solon, and other Greek legislators, and in part from the unwritten laws or customs of the Romans. These laws first appeared in the year of Rome 303, inscribed on ten plates of brass. The following year two others were added, and the entire code bore the name of the Laws of the Twelve Tables. The principles they contained became the source of all the Roman law, and serve to this day as the foundation of the jurisprudence of the greatest part of Europe.

Laws of wisby
An important collection of maritime laws based on the Lubeck codes, a Flemish copy of the judgments of Oleron and Dutch ordinances from Amsterdam, first published at Wisby (Visby), capital of Gotland in 1505 by Godfrey of Gemen.

Laws, rhodian
Maritime law. A code of laws adopted by the people of Rhodes, who had, by their commerce and naval victories, obtained the sovereignty of the sea, about nine hundred. years before the Christian era. There is reason to suppose this code has not been transmitted to posterity, at least not in a perfect state. A collection of marine constitutions, under the denomination of Rhodian Laws, may be seen in Vinnius, but they bear evident marks of a spurious origin.

Lawsuit
A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.

Lawsuit abuse
An exaggerate or forced use of lawsuit filing rights in order to obtain benefits other than rightful judicial compensation or redress for damage suffered.

Lawsuit advance
A money advance to fund a lawsuit.

Lawsuit cash advance
A financial agreement by which a lender advances cash to a person and will be repaid when the litigation is over and he or she has obtained the seeked redress or economic compensation.

Lawsuit financing
Financial strategy to provide the necessary funds for a given legal action.

Lawsuit funding
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1) Reformation of lawsuit procedures in a given jurisdiction. 2) Reforming a given lawsuit during the judicial procedure.

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Lawsuit settlement
Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.

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Lawless
Without law; without lawful control.

Laws ex post facto
Those which are made to punish actions committed before the existence of such laws, and which had not been declared crimes by preceding laws. By the constitution of the United States and those of the several states, the legislatures are forbidden to pass ex post facto laws

Laws of Oleron
Maritime law. A code of sea laws of deserved celebrity. It was originally promulgated by Eleonor, duchess of Guienne, the mother of Richard the First of England. Returning from the Holy Land, and familiar with the maritime regulations of the Archipelago, she enacted these laws at Oleron in Guienne, and they derive their title from the place of their publication. The language in which they were originally written is the Gascon, and their first object appears to have been the commercial operations of that part of France only. Richard I., of England, who inherited the dukedom of Guienne from his mother, improved this code, and introduced it into England. Some additions were made to it by King John; it was prormulgated anew in the 50th year of Henry III., and received its ultimate confirmation in the 12th year of Edward III.

Laws of the hanse towns
A code of maritime laws known as the laws of the Hanse towns, or the ordinances of the Hanseatic towns, was first published in German, at Lubec, in 1597. In an assembly of deputies from the several towns held at Lubec, these laws were afterwards, May 23, 1614, revised and enlarged. The text of this digest, and a Latin translation, are published with a commentary by Kuricke; and a French translation has been given by Cleirac.

Laws of the twelve tables
Laws of ancient Rome composed in part from those of Solon, and other Greek legislators, and in part from the unwritten laws or customs of the Romans. These laws first appeared in the year of Rome 303, inscribed on ten plates of brass. The following year two others were added, and the entire code bore the name of the Laws of the Twelve Tables. The principles they contained became the source of all the Roman law, and serve to this day as the foundation of the jurisprudence of the greatest part of Europe.

Laws of Wisbuy

Laws of wisby
An important collection of maritime laws based on the Lubeck codes, a Flemish copy of the judgments of Oleron and Dutch ordinances from Amsterdam, first published at Wisby (Visby), capital of Gotland in 1505 by Godfrey of Gemen.

Laws, rhodian
Maritime law. A code of laws adopted by the people of Rhodes, who had, by their commerce and naval victories, obtained the sovereignty of the sea, about nine hundred. years before the Christian era. There is reason to suppose this code has not been transmitted to posterity, at least not in a perfect state. A collection of marine constitutions, under the denomination of Rhodian Laws, may be seen in Vinnius, but they bear evident marks of a spurious origin.

Lay
1) English law. That which relates to persons or things not ecclesiastical. In the United States the people are not, by law, divided, as ecclesiastical. 2) Pleading. To state or to allege.

Lay corporation
One which affects or relates to other than ecclesiastical persons.

Lay days
Maritime law. The time allowed to the master of a vessel for loading and unloading the same.

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