The natural law, or law of nature; law. or legal principles, sup-posed to be discoverable by the light of nature or abstract reasoning, or to he taught by nature to all nations and men alike; or law supposed to govern men and peoples in a state of nature, i. e.. in advance of organized governments or enacted laws. This conceit originated with the philosophical jurists of Rome, and was gradually extended until the phrase came to denote a supposed basis or substratum common to all systems of positive law, and hence to be found, in greater
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The right of nav-‘ igating or navigation; the right of commerce by ships or by sea. Locc. de Jure Mar. lih. 1, c. 3
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In old English law. Mere or bare right; the mere right of property in lands, without either possession or even the right of possession. 2 Bl. Comm. 197; Bract, fol. 23
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A legal right In the civil law. A right which was enforcea-ble in the ordinary course of law. 2 Bl. Comm. 328
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The right of a husband; especially the right which a husband ac-quires to hls wife’s movable estate by virtue of the marriage. 1 Forb. Inst, pt 1, p. 63
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In Roman law. The rlght of Latium or of the Latins. The principal privllege of the Latins seems to have been the use of their own laws, and their not be-lng subject to the edicts of the prtetor, and that they had occasional access to the free-dom of Rome, and a participation in her sacred rites. Butl. Hor. Jur. 41
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In Roman law. A rule of law applicable to magistrates in Latium. It was either majus Latium or minus Latium,—the majus Latium raising to the dignity of Roman citizen not only the magistrate hlmself, but’also hls wife and children; the minus Latium raising to that dignity only the magistrate hlmself. Brown
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An lndlvldual or lndivislble right; a right incapable of dlvl-slon. 36 Eng. Law & Eq. 25
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A term of the Roman law descriptive of the aggregate of rlghts, prlvlleges, and franchises possessed by the cities and inhabitants of Italy, outside of
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In the clvll law. A right in a thing. A rlght existing in a person with respect to an article or subject of prop-erty, inherent in hls relation to it, implying ‘complete ownership with possession, and available agalnst all the world. See Jus ao Rem
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An unknown law. This term is applied by the civllians to obsolete laws. Bowyer, Mod. Clvil Law. 33
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In the civil law. The law of Immunity or exemption from the burden of public office. Dig. 50, 6
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A right against a person; a right which gives Its possessor a power to oblige another person to give or pfocure, to do or not to do, somethlng
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The body of Ro-man law, which was made up of edicts of the supreme magistrates, particularly the praetors
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In Roman law. The right to use or display pictures or statutes of ancestors; somewhat analogous to the right, in English law, to bear a coat of arms
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In the civil and old Engllsh law. The right of drawing water. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 27, { 1
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The right of the sword; the executory power of the law; the right, power, or prerogative of punishing for crime. 4 Bl. Comm. 177
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The right to have a thing. The right to be put in actual posses-slon of property. Lewin, Trusts, 585
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In the civil law. A future right; an Inchoate, indplpnt, or ex-pectant right, not yet fully vested. It may be either “jus delatum,” when the subse-quent acquisition or vesting of it depends merely on the will of the person in whom it is to vest, or “jus nondum delatum,” when it depends on the future occurrence of other circumstances or conditions. Mackeld. Rom. Law, S 191
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The law of nations. That law which natural reason has estab-llshed among all men is equally observed among all nations, and is called the “law of nations,” as being the law whlch all nations use. Inst 1, 2, 1; Dlg. 1, 1, 9; 1 Bl. Comm. 43; 1 Kent, Comm. 7; Mackeld. Rom. Law, { 125
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In the civU law. The rlght to the use of rivers. Locc. de Jure Mar. llb. 1, c. 6
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In the clvil and old Engllsh law. A right of digging on another’s land. Inst 2, 3, 2; Bract fol. 222
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In the civil law. A right in trust; as dlstlngulshed from jus legitimnm, a legal rigbt 2 Bl. Comm. 328
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