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Jura

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat. Plural of "jus." Rights; laws. 1 Bl. Comm. 123. See Jus.

Jura fiscalia. In English law. Fiscal rights; rights of the exchequer. 3 Bl. Comm. 45.

Jura in re. In the civil law, Rights in a thing; rights which, being separated from the dominium, or right of property, exist independently of it, and are enjoyed by some other person than him who has the dominium. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 237.

Jura majestatis. Rights of sovereignty or majesty; a term used la the civil law to designate certain rights which belong to each and every sovereignty and which are deemed essential to its existence. Gilmer v. Lime Point, 18 Cal. 250.

Jura mixti dominii. In old English law. Rights of mixed dominion. The king's right or power of jurisdiction was so termed. Hale, Anal. § 6.

Jura personarum. Rights of persons; the rights of persons. Rights which concern and are annexed to the persons of men. 1 Bl. Comm. 122.

Jura praediorum. In the civil law. The rights of estates. Dig. 50, 16, 86.

Jura regalia. In English law. Royal rights or privileges. 1 Bl. Comm, li7, 119; 3 Bl. Comm. 44.

Jura regia. In English law. Royal rights; the prerogatives of the crown. Crabb, Com. Law, 174.

Jura rerum. Rights of things; the rights of things; rights which a man may acquire over external objects or things unconnected with his person. 1 Bl. Comm. 122; 2 Bl. Comm. 1.

Jura summi imperii. Rights of supreme dominion ; rights of sovereignty. 1 Bl. Comm. 49; 1 Kent, Comm. 2ll.