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As a noun, and taken In an abstract sense, the term means justice, ethical correctness, or consonance with the rules of law or the principles of morals. In this signification it answers to one meaning of the Latin "jus," and serves to indicate law in the abstract, considered as the foundation of all rights, or the complex of underlying moral principles which impart the … [Read more...] about RIGHT

By the acts 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 15, and 5 & 6 Vict c. 45, the author of a play, opera, or mtfsical composition, or his assignee, has the sole right of representing or causing it to be represented in public at any place in the British dominions during the same period as the copyright in the work exists. The right is distinct from the copyright, and requires to be separately … [Read more...] about RIGHT OF REPRESENTATION AND PERFORMANCE

Lat. Strictness of law. Latch, 150. Distinguished from gratia curfor, favor of the court. … [Read more...] about RIGOR JURIS

An abolished writ which lay for tenants in ancient demesne, and others of a similar nature, to try the right of their lands and tenements in the court of the lord exclusively. 1 Steph. Comm. 224. … [Read more...] about RIGHT CLOSE, WRIT OF