In Roman law. The law of arms, or of heralds. A rudimentary species of international law founded on the rites and religious ceremonies of the different peoples. … [Read more...]
JUS IN RE
property, title. The right which a man has in a thing by which it belongs to him. It is a complete and full right. Poth. Dr. de Dora. de Prop. n. 1. 2. This phrase of the civil law conveys the same idea as thing, in possession does with us. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition In the civil law. A right in a thing. A right existing in a person with respect to an article … [Read more...]
JUS COMMUNE
In the civil law. Common right; the common and natural rule of right, as opposed to jus singulare, (q. v.) Mackeld. Rom. Law, 196. In English law. The common law, answering to the Saxon "folcright." 1 BL Comm. 67. Jus constitui oportet in his quae nt plurimum accident non quae ex inopinato. Laws ought to be made with a view to those cases which happen most frequently, and not … [Read more...]
JUS FIDUCIARIUM
In the civil law. A right,.in trust; as distinguished from jus legitimum, a legal right 2 Bl. Comm. 328. … [Read more...]
JUS INCOGNITUM
An unknown law. This term is applied by the civilians to obsolete laws, which, as Bacon truly observes, are unjust, for the law to be just must give warning before it strikes. Bac. Aphor. 8, s. 1: Bowy. Mod. Civ. Law, 33. But until it has become obsolete no custom can prevail against it. Vide Obsolete. … [Read more...]