legalis homo

legalis homo (l[schwa]-gay-lis hoh-moh). [Latin “lawful man”] Hist. A person who has full legal capacity and full legal rights; one who has not been deprived of any rights in court by outlawry, excommunication, or infamy. • A legalis homo was said to stand rectus in curia (“right in court”). A lawful man was able to serve as a juror and to swear an oath. — Also termed legal man; lawful man; lageman; liber et legalis homo. See RECTUS IN CURIA. Pl. legales homines (l[schwa]-gay-leez hom-[schwa]-neez).

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译者Mathew，国际知名法学院国际仲裁与争端解决专业，擅长翻译各种与美国国内仲裁相关的法律文件。