See color of title or colour of title. The name that is given to the title of a property you have gotten from the owner and it may seem to be perfect but it is not absolute or perfect. See colour of title. … [Read more...] about JUST TITLE
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JUS NATURAL
Latin meaning law of nature. … [Read more...] about JUS NATURAL
JUS PRAETORIUM
In the civil law. The discretion of the praetor, as distinct from the leges, or standing laws. 3 Bl. Comm. 49. That kind of law which the praetors introduced for the purpose of aiding supplying, or correcting the civil law for the public benefit Dig. 1, 1, 7. Called, also, "jus honorarium," (q. v.) … [Read more...] about JUS PRAETORIUM
JUS NATURALE
The natural law, or law of nature; law, or legal principles, supposed to be discoverable by the light of nature or abstract reasoning, or to be taught by nature to all nations and men alike; or law supposed to govern men and peoples in a state of nature, 4. c, in advance of organized governments or enacted laws. This conceit originated with the philosophical jurists of Rome, … [Read more...] about JUS NATURALE
JUS PRECARIUM
In the civil law. A right to a thing held for another, for which there was no remedy by legal action,, but only by entreaty or request. 2 Bl. Comm. 32a … [Read more...] about JUS PRECARIUM