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  • JUS QUIRITIUM
    The old law of Rome, that was applicable originally to patricians only, and, under the Twelve Tables, to the entire Roman people, was so called, in contradistinction to the jus prmtorium, (q. v.) or equity. Brown. Jus quo universitates utuntur est idem qnod habent privati. The law which governs corporations More...
  • JUS RECUPERANDI
    The right of recovering [lands.]
  • JUS RELICTAE
    In Scotch law. The right of a relict; the right or claim of a relict or widow to her share of her hus band's estate, particularly the movables. 2 Kames, Eq. 340; 1 Forb. Inst, pt 1, p. 67.
  • JUS REPRESENTATIONIS
    The right of representing dr standing in the place of another, or of being represented by another.
  • JUS RERUM
    The law of things. The law regulating the rights and powers of persons over things; how property is acquired, enjoyed, and transferred. Jns respleit sBquitatem. Law regards equity. Co. Litt 246; Broom, Max. 151.
  • JUS SCRIPTUM
    In Roman law. Written law. Inst. 1, 2, 3. All law that was actually committed to writing, whether it had originated by enactment or by custom, in contradistinction to such parts of the law of custom as were not committed to writing. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 126. In English law. More...
  • JUS SINGULARE
    In the civil law. A peculiar or individual rule, differing from the jus commune, or common rule of right, and established for some special reason. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 196.
  • JUS STAPULAE
    In old European law. The law of staple; the right of staple. A right or privilege of certain towns of stop/ ping imported merchandise, and compelling it to be offered for sale in their own markets. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 10.
  • JUS STRICTUM
    Strict law; law interpreted without any modification, and in its utmost rigor. Jns supervenient anctori aooreseit successor!. A right growing to a possessor accrues to the successor. Halk. Lat. Max. 76.
  • JUS TERTII
    The right of a third party. A tenant, bailee, etc., who pleads that the title is in some person other than his landlord, .bailor, etc., is said to set up a jus tertii. Jus testamentorum pertinet ordinario. T. B. 4 Hen. VII., 136. The right of testaments, belong* to. the More...
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