Sui iuris

Sui iuris (/ˈs ˈʊərɪs/ or /ˈsi ˈjurɪs/), also spelled sui juris, is a Latin phrase that literally means "of one's own right".[1] It is used in both the Catholic Church's canon law[2] and secular law.[3] The term church sui iuris is used in the Catholic Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches (CCEO) to denote the autonomous churches in Catholic communion. The Catholic Church consists of 24 churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic churches.

  1. ^ "Collins English Dictionary". HarperCollins Publishers. 2003. Retrieved 5 November 2012. sui juris [ˈsuːaɪ ˈdʒʊərɪs] adj (Law) (usually postpositive) Law of full age and not under disability; legally competent to manage one's own affairs; independent [from Latin, literally: of one's own right]
  2. ^ Faris, J.D. (2002). "The Latin Church Sui Iuris". Jurist. 62: 280.
  3. ^ Garner, Bryan A. (1995). A dictionary of modern legal usage (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 851–852. ISBN 0-19-507769-5.

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