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JUS COMMUNE

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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

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In the civil law. A right,.in trust; as distinguished from jus legitimum, a legal right 2 Bl. Comm. 328. … [Read more...]

JUS INCOGNITUM

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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...]

JUS CORONAE

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In English law. The right of the crown, or to the crown; the right of succession to the throne. 1 Bl. Comm. 191; 2 Steph. Comm. 434. … [Read more...]

JUS FIDUCIARUM

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Civil law. A right to something held in trust; for this there was a remedy in conscience. 2 Bl. Com. 328. … [Read more...]

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