- Corpus Juris Secundum
- A successor of the encyclopedic work on the law published under the title "Corpus Juris."
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Corpus Juris Secundum
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Corpus Juris Secundum — (C.J.S.) is an encyclopedia of U.S. law (see Secondary authority). Its full title is Corpus Juris Secundum: Complete Restatement Of The Entire American Law As Developed By All Reported Cases (1936 ) It contains an alphabetical arrangement of… … Wikipedia
Corpus Juris Secundum — n. An authoritative legal encyclopedia that provides general background knowledge of the law with footnoted citation to relevant case law. Abbreviated C.J.S. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 … Law dictionary
corpus juris — corpus jur·is / ju̇r is, yu̇r ēs/ n [Medieval Latin, literally, a body of law]: a comprehensive collection of the law of a judicial system or of a country or jurisdiction Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. corpus juris … Law dictionary
Corpus Juris — The legal term Corpus Juris means body of law . It was originally used by the Romans for several of their collections of all the laws in a certain field; see Corpus Juris Civilis. Later the term was used for comprehensive collections of laws in… … Wikipedia
corpus juris — /korpas juras/ A body of law. A term used to signify a book comprehending several collections of law. There are two principal collections to which this name is given; the Corpus Juris Civilis, and the Corpus Juris Canonici. Also name of an… … Black's law dictionary
corpus juris — /korpas juras/ A body of law. A term used to signify a book comprehending several collections of law. There are two principal collections to which this name is given; the Corpus Juris Civilis, and the Corpus Juris Canonici. Also name of an… … Black's law dictionary
Corpus Juris Civilis — Justinian I depicted on a mosaic in the church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy The Corpus Juris (or Iuris) Civilis ( Body of Civil Law ) is the modern name[1] for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence, issued from … Wikipedia
secundum — According to; in accordance with; in favor of. Following; coming close behind. See Corpus Juris Secundum … Ballentine's law dictionary
Text corpus — In linguistics, a corpus (plural corpora ) or text corpus is a large and structured set of texts (now usually electronically stored and processed). They are used to do statistical analysis and hypothesis testing, checking occurrences or… … Wikipedia
C.J.S. — Corpus Juris Secundum … Black's law dictionary
