Test your knowledge - and maybe learn something along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZ“jus”
The following 36 entries include the term jus.
au jus
adjective: served in the juice obtained from roasting
jus gentium
nounjus sanguinis
noun: a rule that a child's citizenship is determined by its parents' citizenship
jus soli
noun: a rule that the citizenship of a child is determined by the place of its birth
jus divinum
Latin noun phrase: divine law
jus abutendi
noun: a right to make full use of property even to wasting or destroying it : absolute and unlimited ownership with the power of free alienation compare jus utendi
jus aedilium
noun: the law of the curule aediles set forth in their edicts usually relating to police and market regulations
jus albanagii
nounjus angariae
nounjus canonicum
nounjus civile
nounjus commercii
noun: a right to make contracts, acquire, hold, and transfer property, and have business dealings
jus commune
noun: the common law of England
jus conubii
nounjus deliberandi
noun: a right granted to an heir to take a certain time to decide whether to accept the inheritance or not
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
