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sui ju·ris (jo̵or′is)

Law legally competent to manage one's own affairs, in that one is of legal age and sound mind

Etymology: L, of one's own right

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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