Juris

Lat. Of right; of law.

— Juris et de jure. Of law and of right. A presumption juris et de jure, or an irrebuttable presumption, is one which the law will not suffer to be rebutted by any counter-evidence, but establishes as conclusive ; while a presumption juris tantum is one which holds good in the absence of evidence to the contrary, but may be rebutted.

— Juris et seisinæ conjunctio. The union of seism or possession and the right of possession, forming a complete title. 2 Bi. Comm. 199, 311.

— Juris positivi. Of positive law; a regulation or requirement of positive law, as distinguished from nafural or divine law. 1 Bl. Comm. 439 ; 2 Steph. Comm. 286.

— Juris privati. Of private right; subjects of private property. Hale, Anal. § 23.

— Juris publici. Of common right; of common or public use; such things as, at least in their own use, are common to all the king's subjects ; as common highways, common bridges, common rivers, and common ports. Hale, Anal. § 23.

— Juris utrum. In English law. An abolished writ which lay for the parson of a church whose predecessor had alienated the lands and tenements thereof. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 48.