To give or to make the law; the function and prerogative of the legislative department or judge. … [Read more...]

In the civil and old English law. A right of digging on another's land. Inst 2, 3, 2; Bract fol. 222. … [Read more...]

In the civil law. The right of deliberating. A term granted by the proper officer at the request of him who is called to the inheritance, (the heir,) Within, which he has the right to investigate its condition and to consider whether he will accept or reject it. Jus descendit, et non terra. A right descends, not the land. Co. Litt 345. … [Read more...]

In the civil law. A future right; an inchoate, incipient, or expectant right, not yet fully vested. It may be either "jus delatum" when the subsequent acquisition or vesting of it depends merely on the will of the person In whom it is to vest or "jus nondum delatum" when it depends on the future occurrence of other circumstances or conditions. Mackeld. Rom. Law, { 191. … [Read more...]

The right of the church of presenting a minister to a vacant parish, in case the patron shall neglect to exercise his right within the time limited by law. … [Read more...]