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Jus Singulare

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In civil law. A peculiar or individual rule, differing from the jus commune, or common rule of right, and established for some special reason. Mackeld. Civ. Law, p. 181, § 188.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A law. which is an exception to the ordinary law. A special rule applicable to an individual case or class of cases. Where it benefits particular classes of persons, it is called privilege, in an objective sense; privilege in a subjective sense Is a particular right conferred upon a definite person by leges speciales. See Jus Commune.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civll law. A peculiar or individual rule, differing from the jus commune or common rule of right, and established for some special reason. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 196.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In the civil law. A peculiar or individual rule, differing from the jus commune, or common rule of right, and established for some special reason. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 196. JUS STRICTUM ht or privilege of certain towns of stopig imported merchaniise, and compelling o be offered for sale in their own markets. Loce. de Jure Mar. lib, 1, ce. 10. ¢US STRICTUM. Strict law; law interpreted wilhout any modifieation, and in its utmost rigor. Jus superveniens auctori scerescit suceessort, A right growing to a possessor aeernes to the successor, Haik, Lat. Max. 76.