Jus disponendi, in the
civil law, refers to the right of disposing (of a thing owned, i.e. it is an attribute of
dominium
means "dominion; control; ownership". It is used in some phrases and maxims in legal Latin:
*Dominium directum – Direct ownership, that is control of the property, but not necessarily with right to its utilization or alienation. For example, a ...
, or ownership). An expression used either:
*generally, to signify the right of alienation, as historically a married woman would be deprived of the jus disponendi over her separate estate;
*specially, in the law relating to sales of goods, where it is often a question whether the vendor of goods has the intention of reserving to himself the jus disponendi; i. e., of preventing the ownership from passing to the purchaser, notwithstanding that he (the vendor) has parted with the possession of the goods.
See also
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Ius
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''Ius'' or ''Jus'' (Latin, plural ''iura'') in ancient Rome was a right to which a citizen (''civis'') was entitled by virtue of his citizenship ('' civitas''). The ''iura'' were specified by laws, so ''ius'' sometimes meant law. As on ...
References
Black's Law Dictionary (Second Edition 1910) (public domain)
Latin legal terminology