non deficit jus sed probatio (non def-[schwa]-sit j[schwa]st sed proh-bay-shee-oh). [Latin] Scots law. The right is not lacking, but the proof of it. • The phrase appeared in reference to the principle that many rights, both disputed and sometimes undisputed, require a special mode of proof, such as a written document.
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perturbatrix (p[schwa]r-t[schwa]r-bay-triks), n. [Law Latin] Hist. A woman who disturbs the peace.
in modum probationis (in moh-d[schwa]m proh-bay-shee-oh-nis). [Latin] Hist. In the form of proof. • The phrase appeared in reference to documents that a party provided to support a claim.
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aliqualis probatio (al-i-kway-lis proh-bay-shee-oh). [Law Latin] Hist. Proof of some sort. • The phrase referred to evidence that, although not meeting strict legal requirements, was the best available under the circumstances.
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lex Junia Norbana (leks joo-nee-[schwa] nor-bay-n[schwa]). [Latin] Roman law. A law creating the status of Junian Latin for informally manumitted slaves. — Often shortened to lex Junia. See LATINI JUNIANI. “After the lex Junia Norbana, we find the following classes of persons, under the division of the law of persons into free men or slaves:
probatum (proh-bay-t[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Something conclusively established or proved; proof. Pl. probata. Cf. ALLEGATUM.
lex Baiuvariorum (leks bay-[schwa]-vair-ee-or-[schwa]m). [Latin] Hist. The law of Bavaria, a barbarian nation in the Early Middle Ages, first collected (together with the law of the Franks and Alemanni) by Theodoric (ca. 454–526), and finally completed and promulgated by Dagobert (ca. 612–639). — Also termed lex Baioriorum; lex Boiorum.
Any natural or artificial body or stream of water within the territorial limits of a country, such as a bay, gulf, river mouth, creek, harbor, port, lake, or canal. — Also termed inland waters.
chancer (chan-s[schwa]r), vb. To adjust according to equitable principles, as a court of chancery would. • The practice arose in parts of New England when the courts had no equity jurisdiction, and were compelled to act on equitable principles. “The practice of ‘chancering’ is a very old one. A forfeiture could be ‘chancered’ under a
cepi (see-pI). [Latin] Hist. I have taken. • Cepi was often used in a capias return by an arresting sheriff, as in cepi corpus et est in custodia (“I have taken the defendant [or body] and he is in custody”). “But for injuries committed with force to the person, property, or possession, of the plaintiff,