Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

JURATORES SUNT JUDICES FACTI Jurors are the judges of fact. JURE In right, in law. As a matter of law.

JURE BELLI [L. ius, iuris + bellum / war] The rights and privileges conferred by war. JURE DIVINI [L. divinus / relating to a deity] By divine right. JURE GENTIUM [L. ius, iuris + gens, gentis / a clan, a people, all people] By the law of nations. According to International Law. See JUS GENTIUM JURE MARITI [L. maritus / relating to marriage; a husband] In accordance with the rights of a husband. JURE NATURAE By the laws of nature. JURE PROPINQUITATIS [L. propinquis / hear] In accordance with the rights conferred by close relationship. JURE UXORIS [L. ius, iuris + uxor / wife] In accordance with the rights of a wife. JURIS, JUS PRIVATI The private rights and property of each person. Those individual rights which are not invested with any public interest. JURIS CONSULTUS [L. ius, iuris + consultare, consultor / one who gives legal advice] One who is learned in the law. A counsellor. JURISDICTION [L. iuris + dictio / the act of speaking or orating] The right, power and authority of a court or of an administrative agency to hear and determine a class of cases, as conferred either by the federal or state constitution or by a governing statute. Also, the power of a court to exercise control over specific parties or matters in a particular litigation. The power of a court to decide a matter in controversy and to adjudicate and define the rights of the parties. The jurisdiction of a court is defined both geographically and substantively.

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