Jacere

Concept of “Jacere”

Traditional meaning of jacere in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) To lie. Jacens: lying; in abeyance; see HAEREDITAS. Jacet in ore: it lies in the mouth.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Jacere”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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