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Juris Positivi

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

Of positive law; a regulation or requirement of positive Jaw, as distinguished fromi natural or divine law.

1 BI. Comm. 439; 2 Steph. Comm. 286.

Juris precepta sunt hee: Honeste vivere; alterum non ledere; suum cuique tribuere. Thesearethe precepts of the law: To live honorably; to hurt nobody; to render to every one his due.

Inst. 1, 1, 3; 1 Bl. Comm. 40.