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Juris

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. Of law; of right. v.

Jus

Juris effectus in executione consistit: the effect of the law consists in the execution. Juris et de jure: of law and from law; a term applied to conclusive presumptions. Juris positivi: of positive law; a regulation or requirement of positive law, as distinguished from natural or divine law. Juris privati: of private right; subjects of private property. Juris publici: of common right; of common or public use, as common highways, common bridges, etc.

In English law

Juris utrum: a writ which lay for the incumbent of a benefice, to recover lands or tenements of the church, which were aliened by his predecessor.

In old English law

Juris et seisinae conjunctio: the union of the right [of possession or property in land] and the seisin, i. e., the actual corporal possession.