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The following 36 entries include the term jus.
jus relicti
noun: a widower's right to share in the free movable estate of his deceased wife since 1881 to the extent of one third if there are children and otherwise one half
jus singulare
noun: a law or right established for special cases as opposed to the jus commune
jus utendi
noun: a personal right or servitude of one gratuitously for the needs of himself and his family and without profit to make use of another's property without consuming it or destroying its substance or capacity for future profit
monte-jus
noun: an apparatus for raising a liquid by pressure of air or steam in a reservoir containing the liquid compare acid egg
strictum jus
noun: the law by its letter without considering equities
summum jus
noun: strict legal right : exact law : strictum jus —distinguished from equity
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