sui juris
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sui juris
First recorded in 1605–15, sui juris is from Latin suī jūris “of one's own right”
Example Sentences
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From the time of Diocletian the woman who was sui juris was a subject of the state without intermediary, just as her brother or husband was, and she enjoyed free disposition of herself.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
Therefore, it is by no means necessary for a person to be sui juris or capable of acting in his or her own right, in order to qualify himself or herself to act for others.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Quoth he, Th' one half of man, his mind, Is, sui juris, unconfin'd, And cannot be laid by the heels, 1015 Whate'er the other moiety feels.
From Hudibras by Samuel Butler
In most of the States, and by the common law of England, the age of twenty-one years was fixed as what they term the majority, when a person becomes sui juris.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
With the sudden promotion to the category of persons sui juris, the poor "child" was a prey to great distress, everything worried her, everything was an insuperable difficulty.
From The Grandee by Armando Palacio Valdés
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