The law of war. The law of nations as applied to a state of war, defining in particular the rights and duties of the belligerent powers themselves, and of neutral […]

The canon law

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 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 […]

In the civil law . The right of sewerage or drainage. An easement consisting in the right of having a sewer, or of conducting surface water , through the house […]

In the civil law . Common right ; the common and natural rule of right, as opposed to jus singulare , (q. v.) Mackeld. Rom. Law,

In English law . The right of the crown, or to the crown; the right of succession to the throne. 1 Bl. Comm. 191; 2 Steph. Comm. 434.

In old English law . The right of coining money. 2 How. State Tr. 118.

In English law . The right of curtesy. Spelman.

To give or to make the law; the function and prerogative of the legisla- tive department

In the civil law . The right of deliberating. A term granted by the proper officer at the request of him who is called to the inheritance , (the heir,) […]

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.

To declare the law; to say what the law is. The province of a court or judge. 2 Eden, 29; 3 P. Wins. 485.

The right of disposing. An expression used either generally to signify the right of alienation, as when we speak of depriving a married woman of the jus disponendi over her […]

The right of disposing of realty by will. Du Cange.

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 […]

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

In the civil law . A right in trust; as distinguished from jus Icgitimum, a legal right . 2 Bl. Comm. 328.

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 […]

In the civil law . The right to the use of rivers. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 6.

In the civil and old English law. A right of digging on another’s land. Inst 2, 3, 2; Bract, fol. 222

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 […]

The law of nations. That law which natural reason has established among all men is equally observed among all nations, and is called the “law of nations,” as being the […]

The right of the sword; the executory power of the law; the right, power, or prerogative of punishing for crime. 4 Bl. Comm. 177.