UM. In the civil law. The discretion of the prsetor, as distinct from the leges, or standing laws. 3 Bl. Comm. 49. That kind of law which the prtetors introduced for the purpose of ald-ing, supplying, or correcting the civil law for the public benefit. Dig. 1, 1, 7. Called, also, “jus honorarium,” (q. v
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
