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which they put down into the Rep of that loft matt:, fatt¬ 
ening it into the partners, and fitting to it the mizen or 
fbme fmaller yard with fails and ropes, and with it make 
a ffiift to fail for a time. 
JUR'ZEC, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 
Minfk : twenty miles north of Rohaczow. 
JUS, f. [Latin.] Law ; right; equity; authority and 
rule. Lit. Did. 
Jus Accrescendi, the right of furvivorfliip between 
joint-tenants. See Joint-tenant, p. 238. 
Jus Anglorum; The laws and cuftoms of the Welt 
Saxons, in the time of the Heptarchy, by which the peo¬ 
ple were for a long time governed, and which were pre¬ 
ferred before all others, were termed Jus Anglorum. 
Jus Civile, amongll the Romans, lignifted no more 
than the interpretation given by the learned of the laws 
of the twelve tables; though the phrafe now extends to 
the whole fyftem of the Roman laws. 
Jus Civitatis, fignifies freedom of the city of Rome, 
which entitled thofe perfons who had obtained it to molt 
of the privileges of Roman citizens. It differs from Jus 
Quiritum, which extended to all the advantages which a 
free native of Rome was entitled to. The difference is 
much the fame as betwixt denization and naturalization 
with us. 
jus Corona, the right of the crown; and it is part 
of the law of England, though it differs in many things 
from the general law relating to the fubjefit. i Injl. 15. 
The king may purchase lands to him and his heirs, but 
he is Teiled thereof in jure corona ; and all the lands and 
poffeflions whereof the king is thus leiled lhall follow the 
crown in defcents, See. See King. 
Jus Deliberandi, in Scots law, that right which an 
heir has by law of deliberating for a certain time whether 
he will reprelent his predecelfor. 
Jus Devolutum, in Scots law, the right of the church, 
of prefenting a minifter to a vacant parilh, in cafe the pa¬ 
tron lhall neglect to ufe that right within the time limited 
by law. 
jus Duflicatum, where a man hath the poffeffion as 
well as property of any thing. Brad. lib. trad. 4. c. 4. 
2 Comm. 189. 
Jus Gentium, the Law of Nations. The law by which 
kingdoms and focieties in general are governed. 
Jus Habendi Si Retinendi, right to have and retain 
the profits, tithes, and offerings, See. of a rectory or par- 
fonage. Hughes's Parfons' Law, 188. 
Jus H/ereditatis, the right or law of inheritance. 
See Descent. 
Jus Honorarium, was a name given to thofe Roman 
laws which were made up of edicts of the fupreme magil- 
trates, particularly the praetors. 
Jus Imaginis, was the right of ufing piftures and fta- 
tues amongll the Romans, and had fome refemblance to 
the right of bearing a coat of arms amongll us. This ho¬ 
nour was allowed to none but thofe whofe anceitors or 
themfelves had borne fome curule office, that is, had been 
Curuie asdile, cenfor, praetor, or conful. The ule of lla- 
tues, See. which this right gave, was the exhibiting them 
in funeral proteffions, Sec. 
Jus Liberor.um, a privilege granted to fuch perfons 
in ancient Rome as had three children, by which they were 
exempted from all troublefome offices. The fame exemp¬ 
tion was granted to any perfon who lived in other parts 
of Italy, having/onr children; and thofe that lived in the 
provinces, provided they had Jive (or as fome lay /even) 
children, were entitled to the lame immunities. 
Jus Mariti, in Scots law, the right the hulband ac¬ 
quires to his wife’s moveable ellate, in virtue of the mar¬ 
riage. 
Jus Papirianum, the laws of Romulus, Numa, and 
other kings of Rome, collefled into a body by Sextus Pa- 
pirius, who lived in the time of Tarquin the Proud ; 
which accounts for the name. 
Jus Patronatus, a commiffion granted by the biffiop 
JUS 
to fome perfons, ufually his chancellor, and others of 
competent learning, to inquire who is the rightful patron 
of a church. If two patrons prelent their clerks, the bi¬ 
ffiop (hall determine who lhall be admitted by right of pa¬ 
tronage, See. on commiffion of inquiry of ftx clergymen, 
and lix laymen, living near to the church; who are to in¬ 
quire on articles as a jury. Whether the church is void ? 
Who prefented lalt? Who is the rightful patron? &c. 
But, if coparceners feverally prefent their clerks, the bi¬ 
ffiop is not obliged to award a jus patronatus, becaule they 
prefent under one title ; and are not in like cafe where 
two patrons prefent under feveral titles. 5 Rep. 102. 1 Injl. 
116. The awarding a jus patronhtus is not of neceffity, 
but at the pleafure of the ordinary, for his better infor¬ 
mation who hath the right of patronage; for, if he will at 
his peril take notice of the right, he may admit the clerk 
of either of the patrons, without a jus patronatus. 1 Leon. 
168. A biffiop may award a jus patronatus with a folemn 
premonition to all perfons, quorum interejl, &c. Where he 
knows not who is the patron, to give notice of an avoid¬ 
ance by deprivation, Sec. Hob. 318. This inquiry by jus 
patronatus is to excufe the ordinary from being a dilturber. 
3 Comm. 246. 
jus Possession is, a right of feifin or poffeffion; and a 
parfon hath a right to the poffeffion of the church and 
glebe, for he hath the freehold ; and is to receive the pro¬ 
fits to his own ufe. Par/. Law, 188. 
Jus Presentations, the right of the patron of pre¬ 
fenting his clerk unto the ordinary to be admitted, in- 
llituted, and indufted, into a church. See Advowson. 
Jus Preventions, in Scots law, the preferable right 
or jurifdiftion acquired by a court, in any caufe to which 
other courts are equally competent, by having exercifed 
the firft aft of jurifdiftion. 
Jus in Re, complete and full right; fuch as a parfon 
acquires, on promotion to a living, who, after nomination 
and inftitutio.n, hath corporal poffeffion delivered to him; 
for, till fuch delivery of corporal poffeffion, he had only jus 
in rcm. 2 Comm. 312. 
Jus Relicta, in Scots law, the right the wife has in 
the goods in communion, in cafe of the previous deceafe 
of the hulband. 
Jus ad Rem, an inchoate and imperfeft right, fuch as 
a parfon promoted to a living acquires by nomination 
and inftitution. 2 Comm. 312. 
JU'SERITZ, a river of Silefia, which runs into the 
Oder three miles north of Steinau. 
JUSHAB'ESED, [Hebrew.] A man’s name. 
JUSHPOU'R, a circar of Hindooftan, in the country of 
Oiiffa, bounded on the north by Surgooja, on the ealt by 
a part of Bahar, on the fouth by the circars of Gangpour 
and Ruttunpour, and on the welt by Ruttunpour. Odey- 
pour appears to be the capital. 
JUSOFI'E, a town of Arabia, in the province of Hadf- 
jar, on the fouth coaft of the Perfian Gulf. Lat. 25. 
34. N. Ion. 50. 30. E. 
JUS'QUIAME, or Jusouia'mus, f. One of the names 
of henbane. See Hyocsvamus. 
JUSSAW'HA, a town of Hindooftan, in Moultan i 
fourteen miles weft of Toulomba. 
JUS'SEL, f. [fromjw, Lat. broth.] A dilh made of 
feveral forts of meat minced together. 
JUSS'EY, a town of France, and principal place of a 
diltridl, in the department of the Upper Saone, on the 
Amance : twenty-one miles eaft of Langres, and fifteen 
north-weft of Vefoul. Lat. 47. 49. N. Ion. 5. 59. E. 
JUSSIEU' (Antony de), a phyfician and botanift, was 
born at Lyons in 1686. He became a doflor of the medi¬ 
cal faculty of Paris, profeffor of botany in the royal gar¬ 
den, a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Pa¬ 
ris, and alfo the Royal Societies of London and Paris. He 
died in 1758. Juffieu was the difciple and fucceffor of 
Tournefort, whofe fyitem he adopted and improved. In 
1712 he made a botanical tour into Spain and Portugal, 
whence he imported feveral plants, of which he gave dq- 
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