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(Lat.) In Civil Law. A way; a right of way belonging as a servitude to an estate in the country (praedium rusticwm). The right of way was of three kinds: (1) Iter, a right to walk, or ride on horseback or in a litter; (2) actus, a right to drive a beast or vehicle; (3) via, a full right of way, comprising right to walk or ride, or drive beast or carriage. Heinec. Elem. Jur. Civ. § 408. Or, as some think, they were distinguished. 7 f ,width of the objects which could be rightfully carried over the way; e.g., via, eight feet; actus, four feet, etc. Mackeld. Civ. Law, § 290; Bracton, 232; 4 Bell. H. L. Sc. 390. ‘ Iter est jus eundi, ambidandi hominis; non etiam jumentum agendi vel vehiculum. Iter is the right of going or walking, and does not include the right of driving a beast of burden or a carriage. Co. Litt. 56a; Inst. 23. pr.; 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, p. 343, i 314. ‘ f , In Old English Law. A journey, especially a circuit made by a justice in eyre, or itinerant justice, to try causes according to his own mission. Du Cange; Bracton, lib. 3, cc 11, 12, 13; Britt. c. 2; Cowell. See “Justices in Eyre.”
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(Lat.) In Civil Law. A way; a right of way belonging as a servitude to an estate in the country (praedium rusticwm). The right of way was of three kinds: (1) Iter, a right to walk, or ride on horseback or in a litter; (2) actus, a right to drive a beast or vehicle; (3) via, a full right of way, comprising right to walk or ride, or drive beast or carriage. Heinec. Elem. Jur. Civ. § 408. Or, as some think, they were distinguished. 7 f ,width of the objects which could be rightfully carried over the way; e.g., via, eight feet; actus, four feet, etc. Mackeld. Civ. Law, § 290; Bracton, 232; 4 Bell. H. L. Sc. 390. ‘ Iter est jus eundi, ambidandi hominis; non etiam jumentum agendi vel vehiculum. Iter is the right of going or walking, and does not include the right of driving a beast of burden or a carriage. Co. Litt. 56a; Inst. 23. pr.; 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, p. 343, i 314. ‘ f , In Old English Law. A journey, especially a circuit made by a justice in eyre, or itinerant justice, to try causes according to his own mission. Du Cange; Bracton, lib. 3, cc 11, 12, 13; Britt. c. 2; Cowell. See “Justices in Eyre.”
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