The right of hunting and fishing. Jus vendit quod usns approbavit. Ellesm. Postn. 85. The law dispenses what use. has approved. … [Read more...]

In Roman law. The right of Latium or of the Latins. The principal privilege of the Latins seems to have been the use of their own laws, and their not being subject to the edicts of the praetor, and that they had occasional access to the freedom of Rome, and a participation in her sacred rites. Butl. Hor. Jur. 41. … [Read more...]

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. … [Read more...]

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 quod habent privati. The law which governs corporations is the same which governs individuals. Foster v. Essex Bank, 16 Mass. … [Read more...]

In Roman law. A rule of law applicable to magistrates in Latium. It was either majus Latium or minus Latium, the majus Latium raising to the dignity of Roman citizen not only the magistrate himself, but'also his wife and children; the minus Latium raising to that dignity only the magistrate himself. Brown. … [Read more...]