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单词 sui juris
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sui jurisadj.

Brit. /ˌs(j)uːʌɪ ˈdʒʊərɪs/, /ˌs(j)uːiː ˈdʒʊərɪs/, /ˌs(j)uːʌɪ ˈjʊərɪs/, /ˌs(j)uːiː ˈjʊərɪs/, U.S. /ˌsuˌaɪ ˈdʒʊrəs/, /ˌsui ˈjʊrəs/
Forms: 1500s–1600s sui iuris, 1600s– sui juris.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin suī iūris.
Etymology: < classical Latin suī iūris of one's own right < suī , genitive of suus one's own (see suist n.) + iūris , genitive of iūs law (see jure n.).
1. Not subject to another's authority; that is one's own master; free, independent.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > independent [phrase] > one's own master or mistress
of, at one's own swinge1536
sui juris1587
at one's own hand1619
1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. ix. 725 And being sui Iuris, her own woman, as we terme it, hauing no husband to be her head: her supreme gouernement is the lesse restrayned.
1611 A. Willet Hexapla: Rom. xiv. 636 A man is said to liue vnto himselfe, that is, sui iuris, is a freeman, not at the command of an other.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. v. 171 The Pope at this time was not sui juris, being a prisoner to the Emperour.
1874 Catholic World Apr. 8/1 What we call a human person is nothing but a human individual nature which is sui juris—that is, not possessed by a superior being, but left to itself and free to dispose of its acts.
2010 Law & Philos. 29 584 In spite of the legal role of the slave as an instrument employed by another person, the mind of the slave is sui juris.
2. Law. Of full legal age and capacity; legally competent to manage one's own affairs.
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the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] > legal maturity
sui juris1590
majorc1600
emancipated1726
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes i. f. 4v The Testator must be sui iuris.
1675 Marquis of Worcester in C. E. Pike Essex Papers (1913) II. 38 Shee is of an age not only of consent and dissent but to be sui juris.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. xii. 70 The Woman is..Sui Juris, and of a proper Age to be entirely answerable only to herself. View more context for this quotation
1821 W. Scott Pirate I. iv. 67 Miss Babie..had been major and sui juris, (as the writer who drew the contract assured her,) for full twenty years.
1957 N. Carolina Rep. 247 11 If one sui juris who is in by descent conveys his legal title and interest in real property away, and it be conveyed back to him, the line of descent is broken.
2002 Cambr. Law Jrnl. 61 660 The rule in Saunders v. Vauntier will apply to allow the beneficiaries of the discretionary trust if all adult and sui juris, to call for the legal estate to be vested in them.
3. Roman Law. Not subject to the legal authority of a paterfamilias (paterfamilias n. 2). See patria potestas n.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > free or at liberty [phrase] > free from parental control
sui juris1606
1606 P. Holland in tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 65 (margin) Patresfamilies good honest Citizens of Rome that were sui iuris.
a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) ii. iv. §6 If a sonne which had not beene Sui juris had beene made Consul, he might have emancipated himselfe.
1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 195/1 Connubium being the foundation of the patria potestas, a bastard was sui juris.
1926 J. Declareuil Rome the Law-Giver iii. 111 The action for restitution could only be brought by the surviving wife, if she was sui juris.
1999 Classical World 93 206 The complexion of the familia also changed through private and public adoption, that is the co-optation of adult males (usually) who were in potestate or sui juris.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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