† juren.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
1. The science of law, jurisprudence.
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society > law > jurisprudence > [noun]
law14..
jure1496
jurisprudence1756
forensic science1789
juristics1837
nomology1880
1496 Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1814) 238/1 To remane thre ȝeris at þe sculis of art and Iure, sua þat þai may haue knawlege..of þe lawis.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 222 Doctouris in iure and medicyne.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 266 To speik off science..Off iure, of wisdome or intelligence.
1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. C2 Thay suld haue knawlage, of boith the Iuris Als weill the Canone, as Ciuile law.
2. A just privilege, a right.
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society > law > legal right > [noun]
rightc1275
rightc1440
jure1533
realty1567
justice1596
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) iv. 314 Gif the tribunis has..tane fra the Faderis thare majesties and juris.
c1745 in Gentleman's Mag. (1773) 43 498 Sherlock the Elder, with his jure divine, Did not comply till the battle of Boyne.
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jurev.
1. Used contextually with reference to juror, as if = make jurors of you.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > empanel a jury > empanel as juryman
jure1598
tally1776
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. ii. 89 You are grand iurers, are ye, weele iure ye faith. View more context for this quotation
2. Adaptation of Latin jurare to swear (with allusion to Horace Ep. i. i. 14, Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri).Apparently an isolated use.
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1818 Keble in Sir J. Coleridge Mem. (1869) iii. 24 If I must jure into any man's Verbs I think on the whole it would be his.
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jureadv.
Latin, ablative of jūs right; in phr. ˈjure diˈvino n. by divine right (see divine adj. 2). juredivinist n. a believer in the divine right of kings. jure-divinoship n. Apparently an isolated use.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > monarchism > types of > adherent of
juredivinist1681
legitimate1817
legitimatist1830
legitimist1831
hereditist1874
society > law > legal right > [adverb] > by divine right
jure divino1749
1663 G. Mackenzie Religio Stoici 48 The sole jure-divinoship of all Ecclesiastick Rites.
1681 Heraclitus Ridens 4 Oct. 2/2 All your Bishops, and Tantivy Clergy-men,..your jure Divinists, who have renounced the Covenant.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. ii. i. 84 A jure divino Tyrant. View more context for this quotation
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