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JUS PORTUS

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In maritime law. The right of port or harbor. … [Read more...]

JUS RELICTA

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Scotch law. The right of a wife, after her husband's death, to a third of movables, if there be children; and to one-half, if there be none. … [Read more...]

JUS MARITI

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The right of a husband; especially the right which a husband acquires to his wife's movable estate by virtue of the marriage. 1 Forb. Inst, pt 1, p. 63. … [Read more...]

JUS RELICTAE

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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. … [Read more...]

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