Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

JUROR [L. iuro, iurare / to swear, take an oath] A member of a sitting jury. Also, anyone summoned to serve on a jury but not yet empaneled. JURY [L. iuro, iurare / to swear, take an oath] A group of citizens summoned and selected to decide the facts at issue in a litigation. A group of persons sworn to hear a body of evidence and to render a decision based upon the evidence. The jury in the usual civil or criminal trial is called a common jury . A grand jury is a jury of citizens sworn to inquire into the commission of a crime, to hear and consider the evidence, and to issue an indictment if it is satisfied that the defendant should be tried. A blue ribbon jury is a jury selected from persons who are specially qualified to consider a particular complaint or controversy. Criminal defendants are guaranteed a trial by jury under the Constitution. Juries vary in size from state to state, but may not be less than six. Juries consider and determine issues of fact; judges interpret, determine and apply the law. JUS ACCRESCENDI The right of survivorship which vests title in the surviving tenant in a joint tenancy. See JOINT TENANCY JUS AD REM The right of an individual to the control or possession of a particular object or thing. JUS COGENS Any principle of law which is recognized by the entire international commu nity as essential to the preservation of human values and is therefore observed by all governments except outlawed governments. Examples of practices which violate jus cogens : genocide, slavery. See IUS COGENS JUS COMMUNE [L. ius / law + communis / common, universal] The common law. The common law of England, the United States, Canada and all the other countries acquiring their systems of laws from the English. See LEX COMMUNIS; JUS SCRIPTUM JUS GENTIUM [L. ius, iuris / right or law + gens, gentis / a clan or family; the people] The law of all nations. International law. A body of law recognized by all nations. See JURE GENTIUM

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