Note 487 — APPENDIX I. THE NAMES OF THE LAW.
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Jus is also used in various other derivative senses of less importance: e.g., a law court (in jus vocare), legal or rightful power or authority (sui juris esse: jus et imperium), legal decision, judgment (jura dicere). See Nettleship, Contributions to Latin Lexicography, sub voc. Jus.