In Roman law. Written law. Inst. 1, 2, 3. All law that was actually committed to writing, whether it had originated by enactment or by custom, in contradistinction to such parts of the law of custom as were not committed to writing. Mackeld. Rom. Law,126. In English law. Written law, or statute law, otherwise called "lex scripta" as distinguished from the common law, "lex … [Read more...]
JUSTA
In old English law. A certain measure of liquor, being as much as was sufficient to drink at once. Mon. Angl. t 1 c. 149. … [Read more...]
JUS SCRIPTUM AUT NON SCRIPTUM
Latin, meaning The written law or the unwritten law. … [Read more...]
JUSTA CAUSA
In the civil law. Latin meaning a just cause; a lawful ground; a legal transaction of some kind. … [Read more...]
JUS SINGULARE
In the civil law. A peculiar or individual rule, differing from the jus commune, or common rule of right, and established for some special reason. Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...]