Jus Fluminum

In civil law. The right to the use of rivers. Locc. de Jur. Mar. lib. 1, c. 6. JUS FODIENDI (Lat.)

In the civil and old English law. A right of digging on another's land. Inst. 2. 3. 2; Bracton, foL 222; Fleta, lib. 4, c. 19, § 6. JUS GENTIUM (Lat.) The law of nations. Although the Romans used these words in the sense we attach to "law of nations," yet among them the sense was much more extended. Falck, Enc. Jur. 102, note 42. Modern writers have made a distinction between the laws of nations which have for their object the conflict between the laws of different nations, which is called jus genthose matters which nations, &s such, have with each other, which is denominated jms gentium publicum, or public international law. Foelix, Droit Int. Prive, note 14. See "International Law." JUS QLADII (Lat. the right of the sword). Supreme jurisdiction; the right to absolve from or condemn a man to death. JUS HABENDl (Lat.) The right to have a thing. JUS HABENDl ET RETINENDI. A right to have and to retain the profits, tithes, and offerings, etc., of a rectory or parsonage. Rapalje & L.

In the civil law. The right to the use of rivers. Loce. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 6.