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The natural law, or law of nature; law. or legal principles, sup-posed to be discoverable by the light of nature or abstract reasoning, or to he taught by nature to all nations and men alike; or law supposed to govern men and peoples in a state of nature, i. e.. in advance of organized governments […]

The law of nature. See Jus Natubali

In old English law. Mere or bare right; the mere right of property in lands, without either possession or even the right of possession. 2 Bl. Comm. 197; Bract, fol. 23

A legal right In the civil law. A right which was enforcea-ble in the ordinary course of law. 2 Bl. Comm. 328

In Roman law. The rlght of Latium or of the Latins. The principal privllege of the Latins seems to have been the use of their own laws, and their not be-lng subject to the edicts of the prtetor, and that they had occasional access to the free-dom of Rome, and a participation in her sacred […]

A term of the Roman law descriptive of the aggregate of rlghts, prlvlleges, and franchises possessed by the cities and inhabitants of Italy, outside of

An lndlvldual or lndivislble right; a right incapable of dlvl-slon. 36 Eng. Law & Eq. 25

An unknown law. This term Is applied by the civllians to obsolete laws. Bowyer, Mod. Clvil Law. 33

In the clvll law. A right in a thing. A rlght existing in a person with respect to an article or subject of prop-erty, inherent ln hls relation to it, implying ‘complete ownership with possession, and available agalnst all the world. See Jus ao Rem

A right against a person; a right which gives Its possessor a power to oblige another person to give or pfocure, to do or not to do, somethlng

In the civil law. The law of Immunity or exemption from the burden of public office. Dig. 50, 6

In Roman law. The right to use or display pictures or statutes of ancestors; somewhat analogous to the right, in English law, to bear a coat of arms

The body of Ro-man law, which was made up of edicts of the supreme magistrates, particularly the praetors

In the civil and old Engllsh law. The right of drawing water. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 27, { 1

The right of ln-heritance

The right to have a thing. The right to be put in actual posses-slon of property. Lewin, Trusts, 585

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

In old Roman law. A body of laws drawn up by Cneius Flavius, a clerk of Applus Claudius, from the ma-terials to which he had access. It was a popularization of the laws. Mackeld. Rom. Law, { 39

In the civU law. The rlght to the use of rivers. Locc. de Jure Mar. llb. 1, c. 6

In Roman law. Tbe law of arms, or of heralds. A rudimentary species of lnternational law founded, on the

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

In old English law. The right of mowing or cutting. Fleta, lib. 4. c. 27. |1

The right of dis-posing. An expression used either general-ly to signify the right of alienation, as when we speak of depriving a married woman of the jus disponendi over her separate estate, or specially in the law relating to sales of goods, where lt ls often a question whether the vendor of goods has the […]

The rlght of dispos-lng of realty by will. Du Cange

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. wms. 485

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 oflicer at the request of him who Is called to the Inheritance, (the heir,) within, which he has the right to investigate its condition and to consider whether he will accept or reject lt Mackeld. Rom. Law, g 742; Clv. Code […]

In English law. The right of curtesy. Spelman

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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

The canon law

The law of war. The law of nations as applied to a state of war, defin-ing in particular the rights and duties of the belligerent powers themselves, and of neu-tral nations

In the clvil law. The name of a servitude which gives to tbe owner of land the right to bring down water through or from tbe land of another

In old English law. The rlght of bench. The rlght or prlvilege of having an elevated and separate seat of judgment, anciently allowed only to the king’s judges, who hence were sald to administer high justice, (summam administrant justt-Ham.) Blount

The laws and cus-toms of the west Saxons, In the tlme of the Heptarchy, by whlch the people were for a long time governed, and whlch were prefer-red before all others, wharton.

A body of laws drawn up by Sextus AEllus, and consisting of three parts, whereln were explained, respectively: (1) The laws of the Twelve Tables; (2) the interpretation of and decisions upon such laws; and (3) the forms of procedure. In date, lt was subsequent to the jus Flavi-anum, (q. v.) Brown

The right of sur-vivorship. The right of the survivor or survivors of two or more Joint tenants to the tenancy or estate, upon the death of one or more of the joint tenants

Tbe right to abuse. By this phrase is understood the right to do exactly ns one likes with property, or having full domiulon over property. 3 Toul-lier, no. 86

The right of renun-ciation; the right of an heir, under the Roman law, to renounce or decline the in-heritance, as, for example, where his accept-ance, in consequence of the necessity of pay-ing the debts, would make it a burden to him. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, 8 733

one member of a jury of matrons, (q. v

A juror; one who is lm-paneled on a Jury

In Spanish iaw. A certain per-petual pension, granted by the king on the public revenues, and more especially on the salt-works, by favor, either ln consideration of meritorious services, or in return for mon-ey loaned the government, or obtained by it through forced loans. Escrlche

Pertaining or belonging to, or characteristic of, jurisprudence, or a jurist, or the legal profession

Lat. In the civil and common law. Jurisprudence, or legal science

The philosophy of law, or the science which treats of the prin-ciples of positive law and legal relations

Lat. Skilled or learn-ed in the law

Lat. A student of the civil law

Pertaining or relating to jurisdiction; conferring jurlsdic-tlon; showing or disclosing jurisdiction; defining or limiting jurisdiction; essential to jurisdiction

The power and au-thority constitutionally conferred upon (or constitutionally recognized as existing iu^ a court or judge to pronounce the sentence of the law, or to award the remedies provided by law, upon a state of facts, proved or ad-mltted, referred to the tribunal for declslou, and authorized by law to be the subject of […]