JUS DEVOLUTUM

By SovConn | June 6, 2013

jus devolutum (j<<schwa>>s dev-<<schwa>>-loo-t<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin “a devolved right”] Scots law. The right of the presbytery to appoint a minister to a vacant church if a patron failed to present a fit minister within six months of the vacancy. See TANQUAM JURE DEVOLUTO.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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