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JUS NON SCRIPTUM
The unwritten law. 1 Bl. Comm. 64.

The unwritten law. 1 Bl. Comm. 64. Less...
JUS OFFERENDI
In Roman law, the right of subrogation, that is, the right of succeeding to the lien and priority of an elder creditor on tendering or paying into court the amount due to him. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 355.

In Roman law, the right of subrogation, that is, the right of succeeding to the lien and priority of an elder creditor on tendering or paying into court the amount due to him. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 355. Less...
JUS FAPIRIANUM
The civil law of Paplrius. The title of the earliest collection of Roman leges curiatas, said to have been made in the time of Tarquin, the last of the kings, by a pontifex maximus of the name of Sextus or Publius Paplrius. Very few fragments of this collection now remain, More...

The civil law of Paplrius. The title of the earliest collection of Roman leges curiatas, said to have been made in the time of Tarquin, the last of the kings, by a pontifex maximus of the name of Sextus or Publius Paplrius. Very few fragments of this collection now remain, and the authenticity of these has been doubted. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 21. Less...
JUS PASCENDI
In the civil and old English law. The right of pasturing cattle. Inst. 2, 3, 2; Bract, fols. 53b, 222.

In the civil and old English law. The right of pasturing cattle. Inst. 2, 3, 2; Bract, fols. 53b, 222. Less...
JUS PATRONATUS
In English ecclesiastical law. The right of patronage; the right of presenting a clerk to a benefice. Blount. A commission from the bishop, where two presentations are offered upon the same avoidance, directed usually to his chancellor and others of competent learning, who are to summon a jury of six More...

In English ecclesiastical law. The right of patronage; the right of presenting a clerk to a benefice. Blount. A commission from the bishop, where two presentations are offered upon the same avoidance, directed usually to his chancellor and others of competent learning, who are to summon a jury of six clergymen and six laymen to inquire into and examine who is the rightful patron. 3 Bl. Comm. 246; 3 Steph. Comm. 517. Less...
JUS PERSONARUM
Rights of persons. Those rights which, in the civil law belong to persons as such, or in their different characters and relations; as parents and children, masters and servants, etc.

Rights of persons. Those rights which, in the civil law belong to persons as such, or in their different characters and relations; as parents and children, masters and servants, etc. Less...
JUS PENITENDI
In Roman law, the right of rescission or revocation of an executory contract on failure of the other party to fulfill his part of the agreement. See Mackeld; Rom. Law, I 444.

In Roman law, the right of rescission or revocation of an executory contract on failure of the other party to fulfill his part of the agreement. See Mackeld; Rom. Law, I 444. Less...
JUS PORTUS
In maritime law. The right of port or harbor.

In maritime law. The right of port or harbor. Less...
JUS POSSESSIONIS
The right of possession.

The right of possession. Less...
JUS POSTLIMINII
In the civil law. The right of postliminy; the right or claim of a person who had been restored to the possession of a thing, or to a former condition, to be considered as though he had never been deprived of it Dig. 49, 15, 5; 3 BL Comm. 107, More...

In the civil law. The right of postliminy; the right or claim of a person who had been restored to the possession of a thing, or to a former condition, to be considered as though he had never been deprived of it Dig. 49, 15, 5; 3 BL Comm. 107, 210. . In international law. The right by which property taken by an enemy, and re? captured or rescued from him by the fellow-subjects or allies of the original owner, is restored to the latter upon certain terms. 1 Kent Comm. 10& Less...

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