Lost in translation : present-day terms in the maintenance texts of the nadi?tu from old Babylonian Nippur
Present-day terms such as the usufruct - in civil law systems - and its equivalent, the life-right - in common law systems - were foreign to ancient Near Eastern legal texts. Prima facie both terms - usufruct and life-right - direct the "time-limited interest" of the use and enjoyment by a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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Journal for semitics
Year: 2014, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 443-483 |
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