In Roman law. The right of Latium or of the Latins. The principal privilege of the Latins seems to have been the use of their own laws, and their not being subject to the edicts of the praetor, and that they had occasional access to the freedom of Rome, and a participation in her sacred rites. Butl. Hor. Jur. 41.
In the civil law. A future right; an inchoate, incipient, or expectant right, not yet fully vested. It may l e either “jus dclatum,” when the subsequent acquisition or vesting of it depends merely on the will of the person in whom it is to vest, or “jus nondum delatum,” when it depends on the future occurrence of other circumstances or conditions. Mackeld. Rom. Law,
In Roman law. A rule of law applicable to magistrates in Latium. It was either majus Latium or minus Latium,
A double right; the right of possession united with the right of property; otherwise called “droit-droit.” 2 Bl. Comm. 199. Jus est ars boni et aequi. Law is tile science of what is good and just. Dig. 1, 1, 1, 1; Bract, fol. 26. Jus est norma recti; et quicquid est contra normam recti est injnria. Law is a rule of right; and whatever is contrary to the rule of right is an injury. 3 Bulst 313. Jus et fraus nunquam cohabitant. Right and fraud never dwell together. 10 Coke, 45a. Applied to the title of a statute. Id.; Best, Ev. p. 250,
In old English law. The right of mowing or cutting. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 27,
In Roman law. The law of arms, or of heralds. A rudimentary species of international law founded on the JUS FIDUCIARIUM G78
Civil law. The system of law peculiar to one state or people. Inst 1, 2, 1. Particularly, In Roman law, the civil law of the Roman people, as distinguished from the jus gentium. The term is also applied to the body of law called, emphatically, the “civil law.” The jus civile and the jus gentium are distinguished in this way. All people ruled by statutes and customs use a law partly peculiar to themselves, partly common to all men. The JUS CIVILE 677
In the civil law. A right in trust; as distinguished from jus Icgitimum, a legal right. 2 Bl. Comm. 328.
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 the same as between “denization” and “naturalization” with us. Wharton.
In old Roman law. A body of laws drawn up by Cneius Flavius, a clerk of Appius Claudius, from the materials to which he had access. It was a popularization of the laws. Mackeld. Rom. Law,