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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 recaptured or rescued from him by the fellow subjects or … [Read more...] about JUS POSTLIMINII

The law of nature. See JUS NATURALE. … [Read more...] about JUS NATURAE

In the civil law. A present or vested right; a right already completely acquired. Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...] about JUS PRAESENS

Latin meaning law of nature. … [Read more...] about JUS NATURAL

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