JUS IN RE, property, title. The right which a man has in a thing by which it
belongs to him. It is a complete and full right. Poth. Dr. de Dora. de Prop.
n. 1.
2. This phrase of the civil law conveys the same idea as thing, in
possession does with us. 4 Woodes. Lect. 235; vide 2 P. Wins. 491; 1 Mason,
221; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 506; 2 Story, Eq. Jur. Sec. 1215; Story, Ag.
Sec. 352; and Jus ad rem.