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.

Lat. Of law; of right. v. Jus. Juris effectus in executione consistit: the effect of the law consists in the execution. Juris et de jure: of law and from law; a term applied to conclusive presumptions. Juris positivi: of positive law; a regulation or requirement of positive law, as distinguished from natural or divine law. Juris privati: of private right; subjects of private property. Juris publici: of common right; of common or public use, as common highways, common bridges, etc.

In English law. Juris utrum: a writ which lay for the incumbent of a benefice, to recover lands or tenements of the church, which were aliened by his predecessor.

In old English law. Juris et seisinae conjunctio: the union of the right [of possession or property in land] and the seisin, i. e., the actual corporal possession.

Lat. Of right; of law. Juris affectus in executione consistit. _ ‘The effect of the law consists in the execution, Co. Litt. 2890. _ JURIS ET DE JURE. Of law and of ‘right. A presumption juris et de jure, or an ‘irrebattable presumption, is one which the Jaw will not suffer to be rebutted by any counter-evidence, but establishes as conclusive; while a presumption juris tantwm ia ‘one which holds good in the absence of evi- ‘dence to the contrary, but may be rebutted,

I. Of law; of right; v. Jus, Jura, Jure. Juris prsecepta sunt hoc: the precepts of law are this. Juris et de jjire (of law and by law): a term applied to conclusive, irrebuttable presumptions. Juris et seisinse conjunction:, the union of legal right and seisin. Juris utrum: " a parson's writ of right " to recover lands alienated by his predecessor; v. Assize..

Non sum informatus. I am not informed; I have not been instructed. The name of a judgment in a species of default, founded on an averment by the defendant's attorney that he has not been instructed to answer the plaintiff; usually entered in pursuance of a previous agreement between the parties. Non tenent insimul. They do not hold together. The name of a plea in a suit for partition, by which the defendant denies that the plaintiff or complainant and himself hold the property which is the subject of the suit, as tenants in common. Non videntur qui errant consentire. They who mistake are not deemed to consent. Assent to an agreement given under a mistake as to materi_al facts does not make a valid contract. Such a contract is not considered as made by consent, and is therefore not a binding contract. Non-acceptance. Applied to bills of exchange, signifies that acceptance by the drawee was not procured, or given. See Accept. Non-access. Is used in a technical sense to signify privation of an opportunity of sexual intercourse between Non-appearance. The omission of timely and proper appearance; a failure to come into court as a party; default. Non-feasance. Not doing; the omission of some act, generally of one which ought to have been done. See Malfeasance; Misfeasance. Non-conformist. A dissenter from the church of England; a word used more especially of the Protestant bodies who have seceded from the church. 4 Bl. Com. 51- 59; i Steph. Com. 706. Non-joinder. The failure to make some one a party to a suit who should be; omission to unite a proper plaintiff or defendant; also, less frequently, omission of some cause of action from a writ. Non-juror. A person who, after the abdication of James II., refused to take the oaths to William III. and his successors in the government. Mozley ^ W. Non-resident. Not a dweller within some jurisdiction mentioned; not an inhabitant of the state in question. Non-sane. As "sane," when applied to the mind, means whole, sound, in a healthful state, " non-sane " must mean not whole, not sound, not in a healthful state; that is, broken, impaired, shattered, infirm, weak, diseased, unable, either from nature or accident, to perform the rational functions common to man upon the objects presented to it. Den v. Vancleve, 5 N. J. L. 589, 661. Non-sane memory means generally unsoundness of mind; and especially an exception to an action, on the ground that the act upon which the action was brought was done by a person who was mad at the time. CoweL Non sum informatus. A formal answer made by an attorney, who is commanded by the court to say something in defence of his client; by which he is deemed to leave his client undefended, and so judgment passes. Termes de la Ley. Non-user. Omission to assert some privilege, exercise some franchise, exert some right.