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  • JUS COMMUNE
    In the oiyil law. Common right; the common and natural rule of right, as opposed to jus singulare, (q. v.) Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 196. In English law. The common law, answering to the Saxon "folcright." 1 BL Comm. 67. Jns oonstitui oportet in his quse nt plurimum aooidnnt non More...
  • JUS CORONAE
    In English law. The right of the crown, or to the crown; the right of succession to the throne. 1 Bl. Comm. 191; 2 Steph. Comm. 434.
  • JUS CUDENDAE MONETAE
    In old English law. The right of coining money. 2 How. State Tr. 118.
  • JUS CURIALITATIS
    In English law. The right of curtesy. Spelman.
  • JUS DARE
    To give or to make the law; the function and prerogative of the legislative department
  • JUS DELIBERANDI
    In the civil law. The right of deliberating. A term granted by the proper officer at the request of him who is called to the inheritance, (the heir,) Within, which he has the right to investigate its condition and to consider whether he will accept or reject it Mackeld. Rom. More...
  • JUS DEVOLUTUM
    The right of the church of presenting a minister to a vacant parish, in case the patron shall neglect to exercise his right within the time limited by law.
  • JUS DICERE
    To declare the law; to say what the law is. The province of a court or judge. 2 Eden, 29; 3 P. Wms. 485;
  • JUS DISPONENDI
    The right of disposing. An expression used either generally to signify the right of alienation, as when we speak of depriving a married woman of the jus disponendi over her separate estate, or specially In the law relating to sales of goods, where it is often a question whether the More...
  • JUS DIVIDENDI
    The right of disposing of realty by will. Du Cange.
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