Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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legalis homo

[Latin "lawful man"] Hist. A person who has full legal capacity and full legal rights; one who has not been deprived of any rights in court by outlawry, excommunication, or infamy. ( A legalis homo was said to stand rectus in curia ("right in court"). A lawful man was able to serve as a juror and to swear an oath. Pl. legales homines (la-gay-leez hom-a-neez). - Also termed legal man; lawful man; lageman; liber et legalis homo. See RECTUS IN CURIA.

liber et legalis homo

See LEGALIS HOMO.

probus et legalis homo

[Law Latin] A good and lawful man. ( This phrase referred to a juror who was legally competent to serve on a jury. Pl. probi et legales homines.