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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• right (subs.):
    1. I. The r. hand: expr. by dexter, v. right (adj.), No. II.: the wheel, swerving too much to the r., dexterior rota, Ov. M. 2, 138.
    2. II. The opposite of wrong (morally): most nearly expr. by fas (indecl. n.: that which is sanctioned by God or our conscience): r. and wrong, f. atque nefas, Hor. Od. 1, 18, 10: to violate all r., fas omne abrumpere, Virg. Aen. 3, 55: Caes.: Cic. Also by the neut. of certain adjs. used absol.: moral and legal r., justum ac jus, Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11: a man that loves the r., vir amans aequi, Ov. M. 1, 322: (cf. Quint. 12, 2, 5, cuncta quae de aequo, justo, vero, bono dicantur).
    3. III. A natural or legal claim:
      1. 1. jus, jūris, n. (in most senses of the Eng.): everybody has the r. of building a wall at r. angles to the party-wall, omnibus est j. parietem directum ad parietem communem adjungere, Cic. Top. 4, 22: a public r., j. publicum, Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 65: the r. of quarrying and cutting timber, j. saxi materiaeque caedendae, Liv. 5, 55: to maintain one's r.s, j. suum obtinere, Cic. Verr. Act. 2, 1, 26, 65: tenere, id. Rep. 1, 32: to waive one's r.s, decedere jure suo, Liv. 3, 33, extr.: to admit to equal r.s, in parem juris conditionem recipere, Caes. B. G. 1, 28: all have equal r.s, aequata sunt jura omnium, Cic. Rep. 1, 32: Liv.
      2. 2. pŏtestas: the r.s of a father over his offspring, patria p. (t. t.), Just. Inst. 1, 9, tit.: v. power. Join: jus p.que, Cic. Phil. 11, 12, 30.
      3. 3. justa, n. pl. (rather rare): to grant slaves their r.s, j. servis praebere, Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41: v. privilege. Phr.: this is my special r., hoc mihi peculiare est, id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 3.