"Summum Jus" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Lat In the civil law. An action or suit; a right or cause of action. It should be noted that …

Lat. An adminicle; a prop or support; an accessory thing. An aid or support to something else, whether a right …

Lat From the slde. In connection with the succession to property, the term means “collateral.” Bract fol. 20b. Also, sometlmes, …

(Lat. He owes and is used to.) where a man sues ln a writ of right or to recover any …

L. Lat To withhold lands or tenements from the rightful own

Lat By the grace of God. A phrase used in the formal title of a "king or queen, importing a …

Lat. Choice of the person. By this term is understood the right of a partner to exercise his choice and …

Lat To dispose of, grant, or convey. Disponet, he grants or alienates. Jus disponendi, the right of disposition, i. e., …

L. Lat. A feud, fief, or fee. A right of using nnd enjoying forever the lands of another, whieh tlie …

Lat. In Roman law. A tribe or clan; a group of families, connected by com-mon descent and bearing the same …

Lat. In the civU law. To have. Sometimes distinguished from tenere, (to hdld,) and possidere, (to possess;) habere referring to …

Lat In the civU law. The right of dwelling; the right of free resi-dence in another’s house. Inst. 2, 5; …

Lat. In the clvll law. A species of servitude, consisting In the rlght to draw water from another’s well or …

Lat. In Roman law. A person whose right of reputation was dlmlnlsh-ed (involving the loss of some of the rights …

Lat. Injury; wrong; the pri-vation or violation of right. 3 Bl. Comm. 2

In English law. Among the things belonging to the sovereign. Among these are rights of salmon fishing, mines of gold …

Lat In tbe oivil law. A way; a right of way belonging as a servitude to an estate ln the …

Lat. Plural of “jus.” Rights; laws. 1 Bl. Comm. 123. See Jus

Lat By right; in right; by the law

Lat. In Roman law. A legal marriage, contracted in strict ac--cordance with the forms of the older Roman law, i. …