jus gentium
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jus gentium
1540–50; < Latin: law of the nations
Example Sentences
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The first kind of slavery is wholly good, the second wholly bad, while the third, though not instituted by, is approved by the jus gentium.
From An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching by O'Brien, George
Wherefore they err who would make the law of nature to differ in kind from jus gentium, which natural reason hath taught to all nations.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
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
However there is such a thing as jus gentium, &c.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 by Swift, Jonathan
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
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