epoch
epoch (ep-[schwa]k), n. 1. A period of time marked by distinctive features or noteworthy events. 2. A time when a new computation is begun; a time from which memorable dates are counted. — epochal (ep-[schwa]-k[schwa]l), adj.
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jus antiquum
jus antiquum (j[schwa]s an-tI-kw[schwa]m). [Latin] Roman law. The old law. — Also termed jus vetus. Cf. JUS NOVUM. “In the later Empire (which dates from the fourth century) there were two groups of sources of law: first, the ‘jus vetus’, or ‘jus’ simply, i.e. the old traditional law, the development of which was completed in