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vetus jus

vetus jus (vee-t[schwa]s j[schwa]s).Roman & civil law. 1. The law of the Twelve Tables. See TWELVE TABLES. 2. Long-established or ancient law. 3. A law in force before the passage of a later law.

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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

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