Jus Quiritium

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The old law of Rome, that was applicable originally to patricians only, and, under the Twelve Tables, to the entire Roman people, was so called, in contradistinction to the fus praetorium (q. «.), or equity. Brown. which governs corporations is the same which governs individuals; 16 Mass. 44 JUS RELICTAE (Lat.)

In Scotch law. The right of a wife, after her husband's death, to a third of /movables if there be children, and to one-half if there be none. JUS RERUM (Lat.) The right of things. Its principal object is to ascertain how far a person can have a permanent dominion over things, and how that dominion is acquired. See Bl. Comm.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The Roman law which at first extended only to the patricians, but later to the whole Roman people.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Qulritarian ownership, so called under the ancient jus civile, because, strictly speaking, there was recognized but this one form of ownership. It could be acquired only through the technical forms of civil law, and never by a foreigner. The strictness which was observed in this respect was due to the fact that this was the form of private ownership, which, under Roman law, was as developed from the general right of dominion and ownership by the state. To prevent hardships and injustice in the strict mitted to the pr«etor to issue possessory Interdicts to protect the possession of those who had not complied with all the technical conditions of ownership. In this way, legal sanction was given to the right of possession which amounted substantially to a right of property. This affords another illustration of the many points in which the Roman system presents a strict similarity to the English equity jurisprudence as long afterwards developed. Morey, Rom. L. 21, 74, 283; Sand. Inst. Just. Introd. zx.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The old law of Rome, that was applicable originally to patricians only, and, under the Twelve Tables, to the entire Roman people, was so called, in contradistinction to the jus prœtorium, (q. v.,) or equity. Brown.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Theold law of Rome, that was applicable originally to patricians only, and, under the Twelve Tables, to the entire Roman people, was so called, in contradistinction to the jus pratorium, (q. v.,) or equity. Brown. dus quo universitates utuntur est idem guod habent privati. The law which governs corporations is the same which governs individuals. 16 Mass. 44,