jus gentium

American  

[juhs jen-shee-uhm] / ˈdʒʌs ˈdʒɛn ʃi əm /

noun

Roman Law.

1. jus civile

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jus gentium British  

/ ˈdʒɛntɪəm /

noun

1. Roman law those rules of law common to all nations

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Etymology

Origin of jus gentium

1540–50; < Latin: law of the nations

Example Sentences

The jus gentium is not international law which derives its force and sanction from the free will of the legislator.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

The jus gentium of this passage is elsewhere identified with jus naturale, so that the distinction comes to be one between civil law and natural or divine law.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

As to England, she was to be expelled from her continental dominions whenever America would be strong enough to enforce the "American jus gentium", and the sea was to be neutralized.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert

Accordingly, in some lands some things are regarded as established, and classed with the jus gentium, but not in others; and some things lawful in certain lands are not so in others.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 08 of 55 1591-1593 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

But they sometimes neglect this subtle distinction—"Jure naturali quod appellatur jus gentium."

From A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations by Mackintosh, James, Sir