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171 iustitiae tenax<br />

Iubilate Deo [L], rejoice in God; be joyful in the Lord.<br />

iucundi acti labores [L], past labors are pleasant; the memory of<br />

mastered difficulties is sweet: Cicero.<br />

iudex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur [L], the judge is condemned<br />

when the guilty is acquitted: Publilins Syrus.<br />

iudicium Dei [L], judgment of God.<br />

iudicium parium aut leges terrae [L], the judgment of one's peers or<br />

the laws of the l<strong>and</strong>: <strong>from</strong> Magna Charta.<br />

iuncta iuvant [L], things united aid each other; union is strength.<br />

iuniores ad labores [L], the younger men for labors.<br />

Iupiter (or Iuppiter) Tonans [L], Jupiter the Thunderer.<br />

iurare in verba magistri [L], to swear to the <strong>words</strong> of the master:<br />

Horace. See NULLIUS ADDICTUS etc.<br />

iure [L], by right. —iure coronae, by the right of the crown. —iure<br />

divino, by divine right (or law). —iure humano, by human law; by<br />

the will of the people. —iure mariti, by a husb<strong>and</strong>'s right. —iure<br />

non dono, by right, not by gift. —iure propinquitatis, by right of<br />

relationship. —iure sanguinis, by right of blood: all law.<br />

iurisdictionis fund<strong>and</strong>ae causa (or gratia) [L], for the sake of establishing<br />

jurisdiction: law.<br />

iuris peritus [L], learned (or skilled) in the law.<br />

Iuris Utriusque Doctor [L], Doctor of Both Laws (i.e., of canon <strong>and</strong><br />

civil law): abbr. J.U.D.<br />

ius [L; pi. iures], law; legal right. —ius canonicum, canon law. —ius<br />

civile, civil law. —ius commune, the common law. —ius divinum,<br />

divine law. —ius et norma loquendi, the law <strong>and</strong> rule of speech;<br />

ordinary usage: Horace. —ius gentium, law of nations; international<br />

law. —ius gladii, the right of the sword; supreme jurisdiction. —ius<br />

in re, a real right. —ius mariti, the right of a husb<strong>and</strong>. —ius naturae,<br />

the law of nature. —ius pignoris, right of pledge or hypothecation.<br />

—ius possessionis, right of possession. —ius postliminii, the right<br />

of resumption of <strong>their</strong> former status by persons <strong>and</strong> things taken by<br />

an enemy in war, on <strong>their</strong> coming again under the control of the<br />

nation to which they originally belonged: international law. —ius<br />

proprietatis, right of property. —ius regium, right of the crown;<br />

royal right. —ius relicti, the right of the widow. —ius sanguinis, law<br />

or right of consanguinity (or blood); specif., the rule of law that the<br />

citizenship of the parents determines that of the child. —ius soli,<br />

law or right of the soil; specif., the rule of law that the citizenship<br />

of a child is determined by the place of his birth. —ius summum<br />

saepe summa malitia est, extreme law is often extreme wrong: Terence.<br />

iusiur<strong>and</strong>um [L; pi iusiur<strong>and</strong>a], an oath.<br />

ius primae noctis [L], the right of the first night. Cf. DROIT DE SEIGNEUR.<br />

iustitiae sóror fides [L], faith is the sister of justice.<br />

iustitiae tenax [L], tenacious of justice.

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