jus
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The principle of birthright citizenship, known in legal terms as "jus soli" or "right of the soil", is enshrined in the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
While the United States is among a smaller group of countries that recognize jus soli, it is not alone in doing so.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
And for Barrett, that is the rule of jus soli—the idea that if you’re born in a place and governed by that place, you’re a citizen of that place.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
Options range from $19 wagyu oxtail patties to a $48 grilled pork chop served with crab butter, grilled mango and a jus flavored with kuchela, a Trinidadian green-mango relish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
“He was jus tryin’ get home,” Cork said softly.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
In all resolutions relating to fundamental laws, the organic regulations of the Confederation, the jura singulorum and matters of religion, unanimity German Confederation established was required.
From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Edwin Emerson
The Popes had not been fettered, habent omnia jura in suo scrinio; and their jurisdiction in England had been transferred whole and entire to the King.
From Henry VIII. by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
The last example was known in 1789, to celebrate the jura of the Prince of Asturia, afterwards the pious and exemplary Ferdinand VII.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various
The power of chartering corporations belonged also to subjects who had jura regalia, e.g. the bishops of Durham granted a charter of incorporation to the city of Durham in 1565, 1602 and 1780.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
In all resolutions relating to the fundamental laws, the organic regulations of the confederation, the jura singulorum and matters of religion, unanimity was required.
From Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 by Mrs. George Horrocks
