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Pignus

one of several instances of the failure of the Roman jurists when they attempted an etymological explanation of words. The element

Personality of laws

Personality of laws. By the personality of laws, foreign jurists generally mean all laws concerning the condition, state, and capacity

Jus respondendi

means 'the right of responding'. The authority conferred on certain jurists of delivering legal opinions that became binding law. Black's Law

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Jus

of the matter of law which appears among the Roman jurists, viz., the Law of Persons, which is expressed by the

Jurisprudes

Jurisprudes, Iyer J's own word for jurists, See Shiv Mohan Singh v. State of Delhi, AIR 1977

Institutions

purposes of elementary instruction, and the writings of the ancient jurists were no longer allowed to have any authority, except so

Habitatio

The nature of this personal servitude is not obvious. Some jurists confound it with the right to use a house; but

Lord Campbell's Act

Lord Campbell's Act [after Baron John Campbell (1779-1861), Scottish-born British jurist who played an instrumental role in the passage of the

Culpa

but not implying an ntentto injure, of which the Roman jurists recognized two: (1) Culpa lata, culta latior, magna culpa, gross

Code

country. Framed in the first instance by a commission of jurists appointed in 1800, this Code, after having passed both the

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