zygnomic, a. Law.
(ˈzaɪgnɒmɪk)
[f. zygo- + Gr. νόµ-ος law + -ic.]
In the terminology of A. Kocourek: ‘a jural relation which involves an act the evolution of which directly abridges..the freedom of the servus in the enjoyment..of the substance of a legal advantage’. Opp. mesonomic a.
| 1926 A. Kocourek in California Law Rev. XV. 19 Zygnomic relation is a legal relation which (i) directly constrains the servus of the relation in his physical freedom and (ii) with the support of the law. 1927, etc. [see mesonomic a.]. 1927 [see regenerable a.]. 1930 A. Kocourek Introd. to Science of Law iv. 294 A zygnomic relation is one which works an immediate and direct constraint on human freedom at a given moment with the support of the law. |