juris-

Body of law.

The collected laws of a nation, state, or city are its corpus iuris. Church law is corpus iuris canonici while civil law is corpus iuris civilis.

1. The branch of medical science that uses medical knowledge for legal purposes.
2. A branch of medicine that interprets or establishes medical facts in civil or criminal law cases.
3. The application of medical knowledge to questions of civil and criminal law; especially, in court proceedings; also known as, "medical jurisprudence".

1. Administration of justice; exercise of judicial authority, or of the functions of a judge or legal tribunal; power of declaring and administering law or justice; legal authority or power.
2. The extent or range of judicial or administrative power; the territory over which such power extends.

Type of jurisdiction of a court based on a person's interest in property within the jurisdiction of the court.

Refers to proceedings that are brought against the defendant personally; yet it is the defendant's interest in the property that serves as the basis of the jurisdiction.

Of his or her own right.

Of full legal capacity.

A legal term meaning: A wife is not her own mistress, but is under the power of her husband.