“A universitas juris is a collection of rights and duties united by the single circumstance of their having belonged at one time to some one person.” Henry S. Maine, Ancient Law 148 (17th ed. 1901).
universitas juris
universitas juris (yoo-ni-v[schwa]r-s[schwa]-tas joor-is). [Latin] Roman & civil law. The whole of a person’s rights and liabilities; the totality of a person’s legal relations.