Supreme jurisdiction. The right to absolve from, or condemn a man to death. The right of the sword; the executory power of the law; the right power, or prerogative of punishing for crime. 4 Bl. Comm. 177. … [Read more...]

Latin, meaning To declare the law, not to make the law. … [Read more...]

The right to have a thing. The right to be put in actual possession of property. Lewin, Trusts, 585. Jus habendi ot retinendi. A right to have and to retain the profits, tithes, and offerings, etc., of a rectory or parsonage. ? … [Read more...]

The right of disposing. An expression used either generally to signify the right of alienation, as when we speak of depriving a married woman of the jus disponendi over her separate estate, or specially In the law relating to sales of goods, where it is often a question whether the vendor of goods has the intention of reserving to, himself the jus disponendi; i.e., of … [Read more...]

The right of inheritance. … [Read more...]