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, […]

Rights of persons . Those rights which, in the civil law , belong to persons as such, or in their different characters and relations; as parents and children, masters and […]

In maritime law . The right of port or harbor.

The right of possession .

n the civil law. The right of postliminy; the right or claim of a person who had been restored to the possession of a thing, or to a former condition. […]

In the civil law . The discretion of the prator, as distinct from the leges, or standing laws. 3 Bl. Comm. 49. That kind of law which the pr;etors introduced […]

In the civil law . A right to a thing held for another, for which there was no remedy by legal action , but only by entreaty or request. 2 […]

The right of presentation .

In the civil law . A present or vested right ; a right already completely acquired. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

Private law ; the law regulating the rights, conduct, and affairs of individuals, as distinguished from “public” law, which relates to the constitution and functions of government and the administration […]

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 […]

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 […]

In the civil law , The name of a servitude. It is a right by which a part of the roof or tiling of one house is made to extend […]

In Roman law, the right of rescission or revocation of an executory contract 011 failure of the other party to fulfill his part of the agreement. See Mackeld. Rom. Law,

Public law, or the law relating to the constitution and functions of government and its officers and the administration of criminal justice. Also public ownership , or the paramount or […]

A right to ask or recover ; for example, in an obligation there is a binding of the obligor, and a jus quasi- turn in the obligee. 1 Bell, Comm. […]

The right of recovering [lands.]

In Scotch law. The right of a relict; the right or claim of a relict or widow to her share of her husband’s estate, particularly the movables. 2 Kames, Eq. […]

The right of representing or standing in the place of another, or of being represented by another.

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. […]

A person’s citizenship is by ‘blood’, that of the parents. This rule is followed in most countries of the world. Canada and US use Jus Solis (where born) instead.

In Roman law. Written law . Inst. 1, 2, 3. All law that was actually committed to writing, whether it had originated by enactment or by custom, in contradistinction to […]

In the civil law . A peculiar or Individual rule, differing from the jus commune , or common rule of rigfit, and established for some special reason. Mackeld. Bom. Law,

In old European law. The law of staple; the right of staple. A right or privilege of certain towns of stopping imported merchandise , and compelling It to lie offered […]

Strict law; law interpreted without any modification , and In its utmost rigor. Jns superveniens a lie tori accrescit snc- ccssori. A right growing to a possessor ac- crues to […]