Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jus gentium

/jʊs ˈd͡ʒɛnsi.əm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: jus -gen-tium
IPA: /jʊs ˈd͡ʒɛnsi.əm/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The law of nations; international law.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This was always law in all states, as part of jus gentium, for the fact of a people building a wall round their town was looked upon as an assumption of independent power, and significative of claims inconsistent with or dangerous to the sovereigns."
"The Islamic law of nations is part of the corpus of Islamic law, just as the original jus gentium was a branch of municipal Roman law."
"There is a long line of English law which declares that the customary law of nations, jus gentium, is directly part of the common law of this nation."
"The Roman jurisconsults (lawyers) and praetors (judges) had become a permanent heritage, and the Roman idea of a jus gentium, a law applying to all people, survived at least in the ideal."
"Embracing the ancient legal doctrine of jus gentium, Bates declared independence."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūs gentium. See the calque law of nations for more.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: iūs gentium

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce jus gentium?: The recorded pronunciation is /jʊs ˈd͡ʒɛnsi.əm/.
What does jus gentium mean?: The law of nations; international law.
Where does jus gentium come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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