Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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cessio in jure

[Latin "transfer in law"] Roman law. A fictitious action brought to convey property, whereby the claimant demanded certain property, the owner did not contest the claim, and a magistrate awarded the property to the claimant. 0 Cessio in jure resembled the English common recovery. See COMMON RECOVERY.