Strict law; law Interpreted without any modification, and in its utmost rigor. Jus superveniens anctori aecrescit successori. A right growing to a possessor accrues to the successor. Halk. Lat. Max. 76. … [Read more...]

Common term for the United States criminal and civil courts and its process. … [Read more...]

Latin: 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 testamentorom pertinet ordinario. … [Read more...]

An old general term for all things appertaining to justice. … [Read more...]

In Roman law. A name applied to the Roman law of wills, in the time of Justinian, on account of its threefold derivation, viz., from the praetorian edict, from the civil law, and from the imperial constitutions. Maine, Anc. Law, 207. Jus triplex est,proprietatis, posses sionis, et possibilitatis. Right is threefold,of property, of possession, and of possibility. … [Read more...]