What does potestative mean?
Potestative means (obsolete) authoritative.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) authoritative.
The third branch of God's authoritative or potestative power consisteth in the use of all things in his possession, by virtue of his absolute dominion.
A potestative condition is that which is in the power of the person in whose favor it is contracted; as, if I engage to give my neighbor a sum of money, in case he cuts down a tree which obstructs my prospect.
Articles 1170 and 1174 of the French Civil Code deal with potestative conditions. The former defines as potestative a contractual condition the fulfillment of which is within the power of one of the contracting parties to bring about or hinder. The latter article provides that every obligation contracted on a potestative condition on the part of him who purports to bind himself is null.
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Potestative means (obsolete) authoritative.
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The third branch of God's authoritative or potestative power consisteth in the use of all things in his possession, by virtue of his absolute dominion.
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