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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Main Author: Van Wyk, Susandra J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2014
In: Journal for semitics
Year: 2014, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 443-483
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)