Jus Quiritium

The old law of Rome, that was applicable originally to patricians only, and, under the Twelve Tables, to the entire Roman people, was so called, in contradistinction to the fus praetorium (q. «.), or equity. Brown. which governs corporations is the same which governs individuals; 16 Mass. 44 JUS RELICTAE (Lat.) In Scotch law. The right of a wife, after her husband's death, to a third of /movables if there be children, and to one-half if there be none. JUS RERUM (Lat.) The right of things. Its principal object is to ascertain how far a person can have a permanent dominion over things, and how that dominion is acquired. See Bl. Comm.