JUS NATURALE
The natural law, or law of nature; law, or legal principles, supposed to be discoverable by the light of nature or abstract reasoning, or to be taught by nature to all nations
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The natural law, or law of nature; law, or legal principles, supposed to be discoverable by the light of nature or abstract reasoning, or to be taught by nature to all nations
I11 the civil law. The name of a servitude which consists in the right to build a projection, such as a balcony or gallery, from one’s house iu the open space belonging
In Roman law. A right or privilege allowed to the parent of three or more children. 2 Kent, Comm. 85; 2 Bl. Comm. 247. These privileges were an exemption from the trouble
In English law. A writ directed to the sheriff, empowering him, for the sake of dispatch, to try an action in his county court for a larger amount than lie has the
See GAOL.
In English law. An officer of the custom-house who oversees the waiters. Techn. Diet.
Acting together or in concert or co-operation ; holding in common or interdependently, not separately. Reclamation Dist. v. Parvin, 67 Cal. 501, 8 Pac. 43; Gold & Stock Tel. Co. v. Commercial
A public oflicer, appointed to preside and to administer the law in a court of justice; the chief member of a court, and charged with the control of proceedings and the decision
In old English law. A watery place. Domesday; Cowell.
Lat. Plural of “jus.” Rights; laws. 1 Bl. Comm. 123. See Jus.
Lat. A student of the civil law.
The droit d’aubaine, (q. v.) See ALUINATUS JUS.
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.
The right of inheritance.
The right of navigating or navigation; the right of commerce by ships or by sea. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 3.
The right of property, as distinguished from the jus pos- sessionis, or right of possession. Bract, fol. 3. Called by Bracton “jus mcrum,” the mere right. Id.; 2 Bl. Comm. 197; 3
The right to use property without destroying its substance. It is employed in contradistinction to the jus abutendi. 3 Toullier, no. 86.
A maintaining or showing a sufficient reason in court why the defendant did what he is called upon to answer, particularly in an action of libel. A defense of justification is a
See GAOL.
A large brass candlestick, usually hung in the middle of a church or choir. Cowell.