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jure

Legal Definition of jure

Etymology

    Latin Origin

Adjective

  1. From Roman law: by right, under legal authority or by the authority of the law. A variation, "juris" means "of right" or "of the law." See jurisprudence which means "science of the law."

Etymology

    Latin origin.

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