Operis

Lat. Contrary to the prohibition of a new work; contrary to the law prohibiting the erection of a new building. A phrase supposed to be derived from the title J)e novi operis nuntiatione in the civil law, {Dig. 39. 1,) and made use of by Blackstone to show, by the total misapprehension of its meaning, the gross ignorance of the terms of the civil law formerly manifested by the judges and counsel in the common law courts.

1 Bl. Com. 22, note (o).

CONTRA JUS BELLI Lat

Against the law of war.

1 Kent's Com, 6.