JUS PECIALE
law each people has settled for itself is peculiar to the state itself, and is called “jus civile,” as being peculiar to that very state. The law, again, that natural reason has
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law each people has settled for itself is peculiar to the state itself, and is called “jus civile,” as being peculiar to that very state. The law, again, that natural reason has
rites and religious ceremonies of the different peoples.
An unknown law. This term is applied by the civilians to obsolete laws. Bowyer, Mod. Civil Law, 33.
In maritime law. The right of port or harbor.
The right of representing or standing in the place of another, or of being represented by another.
Tbe old form of justice. Blount.
Lat. In old English law. It lies in the mouth. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 5,
In old English law. A door-keeper. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 24. In modern law. A janitor is understood to lie a person employed to take charge of rooms or buildings, to see
One who buys and sells goods for others; one who buys or sells on the stock exchange; a dealer in stocks, shares, or securities.
In English law. Regrators of yarn. 8 Hen. VI. c. 5.
Lat. Ill the civil law. The ordinary judiccs appointed by the pnetor to try causes.
To abscond, withdraw, or secrete one’s self, in violation of the obligation of a bail-bond. The expression is colloquial, and is applied only to the act of the principal.
In English law. Officers in the nature of aldermeu, sworn for the gov- ernment of many corporations. The twelve assistants of the baililf in Jersey are called “jurats.”
A juror: one who is impaneled on a jury.
The right of citizenship ; the freedom of the city of Rome. It differs from jus quiritium, which comprehended all the privileges of a free native of Rome. The difference is much
In the civil law. A right in trust; as distinguished from jus Icgitimum, a legal right. 2 Bl. Comm. 328.
An individual or indivisible right; a right incapable of division. 36 Eng. Law & Eq. 25.
The right of possession.
The law of things. The law regulating the rights and powers of persons over things; how property is acquired, enjoyed, and transferred. Jus respicit aequitatem. Law regards equity. Co. Litt. 246; Broom,
Rank or office of a justice.