Jus Liberorum

In Roman Law. The privilege conferred upon a woman who had three or four children. In order that she should be able to take all the property given her by will, she must have had this privilege conferred upon her. Sohm, Inst. Rom. L. § 86. In the time of Hadrian, a decree was made conferring upon a mother, as such, who, being an ingenua^ had the jus trium liber^ orumy or being a lihertinay the jus quatuor Uberarum, a civil law riglit to succeed her Intestate children; id. § 98. Another author defines this privilege as ope by which exemption was given from all troublesome offices. Brown, L. Diet JUS MERUM (Lat). A simple or bare right; a right to property In land, without possession, or the right of possession.