UNIVERSITAS RERUM

universitas rerum (yoo-ni-v[schwa]r-s[schwa]-tas reer-[schwa]m). [Latin] Roman & civil law. A whole collection of things; a variety of individual things that are together regarded by the law as a whole. See JUS RERUM. “In the time of Justinian the universitas rerum, or universitas iuris (both expressions are used) is a somewhat abstract conception: it means the […]