the will
“intention”
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Will · good will · testamentary bequest · wish
spoken of as
1 expressionWill“testamentary bequest”1 mention
Lectures on the Early History of Institutions (English)
So far as the published tracts afford materials for an opinion, I am inclined to think that the influence of the Roman law has been very slight, and to attribute it not to study of the writings of the Roman lawyers, but to contact with Churchmen imbued more or less with Roman legal notions.
in the texts
Lectures on the Early History of Institutions
The legal concept of testamentary bequest, attributed to Church influence in the Brehon tracts.
So far as the published tracts afford materials for an opinion, I am inclined to think that the influence of the Roman law has been very slight, and to attribute it not to study of the writings of the Roman lawyers, but to contact with Churchmen imbued more or less with Roman legal notions.
On Benefits
The intention or good will of the benefactor, argued to be the necessary and defining condition that makes an act a benefit, as opposed to mere favorable outcome or chance.
Yet these did not give a benefit to the defendant, although they profited him, because it is asked whither the weapon was sent, not whither it came, and the will, not the outcome, distinguishes a benefit from an injury.