See Also: caruncula myrtiformis(medicine)
BOOTY, war(law)
booty(dictionary)
booty(2)(dictionary)
booty(1)(dictionary)
free-booty(dictionary)
caruncula(medicine)
sublingual caruncula(medicine)
hymenal caruncula(medicine)
caruncula sublingualis(medicine)

BOOTY, war (law) and caruncula myrtiformis (medicine)


BOOTY, war (law)


BOOTY, war. The capture of personal property by a public enemy on land, in contradistinction to prize, which is a capture of such property by such an contradistinction to prize, which is a capture of such property by such an enemy, on the sea. enemy, on the sea. 2. After booty has been in complete possession of the enemy for twenty- 2. After booty has been in complete possession of the enemy for twenty-four hours, it becomes absolutely his, without any right of postliminy in four hours, it becomes absolutely his, without any right of postliminy in favor of the original owner, particularly when it has passed, bona fide, favor of the original owner, particularly when it has passed, bona fide, into the hands of a neutral. 1 Kent, Com. 110. into the hands of a neutral. 1 Kent, Com. 110. 3. The right to the booty, Pothier says, belongs to the sovereign but 3. The right to the booty, Pothier says, belongs to the sovereign but sometimes the right of the sovereign, or the public, is transferred to the sometimes the right of the sovereign, or the public, is transferred to the soldiers, to encourage them. Tr. du Droit de Propriete, part 1, c. 2, Art. soldiers, to encourage them. Tr. du Droit de Propriete, part 1, c. 2, Art. 1, Sec. 2; Burl. Nat. and Pol. Law, vol. ii. part 4, o. 7, n. 12. 1, Sec. 2; Burl. Nat. and Pol. Law, vol. ii. part 4, o. 7, n. 12.

caruncula myrtiformis (medicine)


caruncula myrtiformis -->
hymenal caruncula


One of the numerous tabs or projections surrounding the orifice of the vagina.

Synonym: caruncula hymenalis, caruncula myrtiformis.