Jus Praetorium
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. The discretion of the praetor, as distinct from the leges, or standing laws. 3 Bl. Comm. 49. That kind of law which the praetors introduced for the purpose of aiding, suppljring, or correcting the civil law for the public JUS PRECARIUM (Lat.) Ett civil law. A right to a thing held for another, for which there was no remedy. 2 Bl. Comm. 328.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The discretion of the praetor: that which in Roman law corresponded to equity.