Latin for Lawyers

JURA AD PERSONAM

JURA AD PERSONAM [L. ius, iuris / right, privilege, law + ad / towards + persona / mask, person] Rights against the person (as distinguished from property). See IN PERSONAM JURA AD REM Rights against property (as distinguished from the person). See IN REM JURAL [L. ius, iuris ] Of or pertaining to the law and legal matters. Pertaining to rights and obliga tions. Elements which are based or founded in law; e.g., a jural society is an organized state or community operating under law; a jural matter is an issue arising under the law. JURAMENTUM CORPORALIS [L. iuro, iurare / to take an oath + corpus, corporalis / relating to the body; corporeal] An oath confirmed by some act. An oath evidenced by more than words; e.g., an oath taken with hand on the bible. JURA NATURAE SUNT IMMUTABILIA The laws of nature never change. JURA PERSONARUM The rights of persons and individuals. Inalienable rights. JURA PUBLICA Those rights which belong to all the people and not to the state. Examples: the right of access to streams and the ocean. JURA RERUM [L. iura + res, rei / thing, object] Rights over things. The rights of a person to the objects he owns or possesses. JURAT [L. iurare / to swear; iuratum est / it has been sworn] Certification by an officer authorized to administer oaths that a writing has been sworn to before him. The text appearing at the end of an affidavit show ing the date and place of execution and the name and signature of the person before whom the affidavit was sworn. JURATION The act of taking an oath. The administration of an oath by an officer who is authorized to take oaths.

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