''Ius strictum'' means "strict law", or law interpreted without any modification and in its utmost rigor. It is a very rare term in the materials of classical

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term, occurring in

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in reference to the strict actions of the law, primarily describing the rigid limitations of the forms of action available under the law, particularly with older laws. It is often used by later commentators to distinguish it from the moderating influence of the

praetor ''Praetor'' ( , ), also ''pretor'', was the title granted by the government of ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected ''magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to disch ...

s, or judges who expanded the law through actions '' ex fida bona'', or what we would now call equity.

References

Black's Law Dictionary (Second Edition 1910) (public domain)
Latin legal terminology {{Italic title

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