Strict Settlement
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A settlement of lands to the parent for life, and after his death to his first and other sons in tail, with an interposition of trustees to preserve the contingent remainders. STRICTISSIMI JURIS (Lat. the most strict right or law). In general, when a person receives an advantage, as the grant of a license, he is bound to conform strictly to the exercise, of the rights given him by it, and in case of a dispute it will be strictly construed.
See 3 Story (U. S.) 159.
STRICTO JURE (Lat.) In strict law.
1 Kent, Comm. 65.
STRICTUM JUS (Lat.) The rigor of law, strict law, in contradistinction to equity.