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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...]
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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...]
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Lat. Strictness of law. Latch, 150. Distinguished from gratia curfor, favor of the court. … [Read more...]
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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...]
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In international law. The right of one vessel, on the high seos, to stop a vessel of another nationality and examine her papers and (in some cases) her cargo. Thus, in time of war, a vessel of either belligerent has the right to search a neutral ship, encountered at sea, to ascertain whether the latter is carrying contraband goods. … [Read more...]