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jus gentium /ˌdʒʌs ˈdʒɛntɪəm / /-ʃɪəm/ /ˈɡɛntɪəm/noun [mass noun] LawInternational law.They had the whole jus gentium to deal with them....- There was another law, though it was still under the umbrella of Rome and its empire, for people who were not Roman - the jus gentium, or the law of people generally.
- He argued that the English crown used a letter patent to authorize overseas activities primarily to show the ‘outer world’ that these enterprises were consistent with the evolving jus gentium.
Origin Latin, literally 'law of nations'. |