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JUS BELLI

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The law of war. The law of nations as applied to a state of war defining in particular the rights and duties of the belligerent powers themselves and of neutral nations. The right of war; that which may be done without injustice with regard to an enemy. … [Read more...]

JURY WOMAN

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One member of a jury of matrons, (q. v.) … [Read more...]

JURYMAN

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A juror; one who is impaneled on a jury. … [Read more...]

JUS CIVILE

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Civil law. The system of law peculiar to one state or people. Inst 1, 2, 1. Particularly, in Roman law, the civil law of the Roman people, as distinguished from the jus gentium. The term is also applied to the body of law called, emphatically, the "civil law." The jus civile and the jus gentium are distinguished in this way. All people ruled by statutes and customs use a law … [Read more...]

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