JUS CREDITI

jus crediti (j[schwa]s kred-i-tI). [Latin “the right of credit”] Roman & Scots law. A creditor’s right to a debt; a creditor’s right to recover a debt through legal process. Cf. JUS EXIGENDI. “[T]he term is frequently used in contradistinction to a mere spes, or defeasible expectancy. This jus crediti is often of great importance; for