English Explanatory Dictionary

mandement van spolie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An order (restitutory interdict) handed down by a court on application, originating in Roman Dutch law where a person (spoliator) is compelled to return a thing that has been taken unlawfully. The case turns on possession, not ownership: a mandement van spolie can even be brought by a thief where the owner unlawfully retrieves the thing stolen.

Word forms

mandement van spolie mandementen van spolie
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