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jus

/ʒu(s)/

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What does jus mean?

noun

  1. The juices given off as meat is cooked.
  2. A lightly-reduced gravy or stock made from this.

adverb

  1. Abbreviation of just.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. plural of JU

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For Leo the Great, see his letter to the bishops of various provinces of Italy, cited in the Jus.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
Property is a real right, jus in re,--a right inherent in the thing, and whose principle lies in the external manifestation of man's will.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
More book examples (3)
“Multi fallere do cuerunt, dum timent falli; et aliis jus peccandi suspicando fecerunt.”
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
The jury, by its moral judgment, corresponding in some degree to the equity of the ancients, is able to correct the summum jus with verdicts superior to the written law.
Enrico FerriCriminal SociologyProject Gutenberg ebook #477
“She jus' dropped off,” a woman said, over the shoulder of the others; and the young man added: “I jus' come in and found her.”
Edith WhartonSummerProject Gutenberg ebook #166