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jus
( jus; Lat. yo̅o̅s),USA pronunciation n., pl. ju•ra ( jŏŏr′ə; Lat. yo̅o̅′rä).USA pronunciation [Law.]
jus (zhy; Eng. zho̅o̅s, jo̅o̅s),USA pronunciation n. [French.]
- Lawa right.
- Lawlaw as a system or in the abstract.
- Latin jūs law, right
jus (zhy; Eng. zho̅o̅s, jo̅o̅s),USA pronunciation n. [French.]
- Foreign Termsjuice;
gravy. Cf. au jus.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-jus-, root.
- -jus- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "law;
rule;
fair;
just.'' It is related to the root -jur-. This meaning is found in such words as: adjust, just, justice, maladjusted, readjust, unjust.
'jus' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Department of Justice
- High Court of Justice
- International Court of Justice
- Lord Chief Justice
- Permanent Court of International Justice
- Uniform Code of Military Justice
- adjure
- au jus
- chief justice
- civil law
- civilian
- conjuration
- conjure
- cost-justify
- half-justified
- injury
- juice
- jura
- jural
- juridical
- jurisconsult
- jurisdiction
- jurisprudence
- jurist
- jus canonicum
- jus civile
- jus divinum
- jus gentium
- jus naturale
- jus postliminii
- jus primae noctis
- jus sanguinis
- jus soli
- just
- justice
- justice in eyre
- justice of the peace
- justice's court
- justifiable
- justify
- objurgate
- perjure
- poetic justice
- verjuice
- well-justified
- ye