“jus”

The following 36 entries include the term jus.

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au jus

adjective

: served in the juice obtained from roasting

jus gentium

noun

jus sanguinis

noun

: a rule that a child's citizenship is determined by its parents' citizenship

jus soli

noun

: a rule that the citizenship of a child is determined by the place of its birth

jus divinum

Latin noun phrase

: divine law

jus abutendi

noun

: a right to make full use of property even to wasting or destroying it : absolute and unlimited ownership with the power of free alienation compare jus utendi

jus aedilium

noun

: the law of the curule aediles set forth in their edicts usually relating to police and market regulations

jus albanagii

noun

jus angariae

noun

: angary

jus canonicum

noun

jus civile

noun

jus commercii

noun

: a right to make contracts, acquire, hold, and transfer property, and have business dealings

jus commune

noun

: the common law of England

jus conubii

noun

jus deliberandi

noun

: a right granted to an heir to take a certain time to decide whether to accept the inheritance or not

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