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latini juniani

Latini Juniani (l[schwa]-tI-nI joo-nee-ay-nI), n. pl.[Latin “Junian Latins”] Roman law. Informally manumitted slaves who acquired some rights and privileges as free people, but not Roman citizenship. • They were a special class of freedmen (libertini) who could one day become citizens. If a Latinus Junianus did not become a citizen, then upon death that person’s […]

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freedom of the press

freedom of the press. The right to print and publish materials without governmental intervention, as guaranteed by the First Amendment. — Also termed liberty of the press. [Cases: Constitutional Law 90.1(8). C.J.S. Constitutional Law §§ 552, 554, 562–565, 597–598, 603–604.] “ ‘Freedom of the press’ has less significance than meets the eye. It is true,

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fuero

fuero (foo-wer-oh).Spanish law. 1. A forum; court. 2. The territory in which a court has the power to act. 3. A privilege enjoyed by some but not others. 4. A custom having the force of law. 5. Hist. A collection of local, usu. customary, laws. Fuero Juzgo (hooz-goh). Hist. A 7th-century Visigothic code that was

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