Latin for Lawyers

JUS LEGITIMUM

JUS LEGITIMUM [L. ius + legitimus / lawful, legal, according to law] A right recognized by law. A right which must be recognized and protected and for violation of which the courts will afford a remedy. JUS NATURALE The laws or rules imposed on all beings by the circumstances and forces of nature. The law as it exists before the intervention of men. The basic rules of existence and survival which can be perceived and observed by all mankind. See LEX NATURALE JUS PUBLICUM [L. ius + publicus / belonging to the people, public] A right enjoyed by all citizens equally. A right which cannot be infringed by the state or by any one individual. JUS SANGUINIS [L. ius + sanguis / blood] The right of an individual to succeed to the citizenship of his parents. In some countries, citizenship derives from the mother; in others, from the father; in others, from both or either. Also, all the rights deriving from common origin or descent. The right to be protected by the laws of the place in which one is born. JUS SCRIPTUM [L. ius + scribo, scribere / to engrave or write] The written law. The laws enacted by the controlling legislature; e.g . Con gress or Parliament. In English jurispridence, the written law is distinguished from the common law, which is the law growing out of custom and usage and the decisions of judges in disputed matters. See JUS COMMUNE JUS SOLI [L. ius, iuris / right, law + solum / the lowest point; the soil or earth] A rule of law which provides that a person's citizenship is determined by the place of his birth. Amendment XIV to the U.S. Constitution provides that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens of the U.S. JUST COMPENSATION A doctrine which requires fair and proper compensation to a property owner whose property is taken by eminent domain. The amount of compensation is usually the fair market value of the property. The doctrine of just compensa tion is imbedded in Amendment V of the U.S. Constitution. JUS TERTII [L. ius + tertius / third] The legal rights of a third party. In cases involving two parties with conflict ing claims to possession of a parcel of real property, both parties may be pre cluded from relying on jus tertii , i.e., the rights of a third party.

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