Suo jure is a Latin phrase, used in English to mean 'in his own right' or 'in her own right'. In most nobility-related contexts, it means 'in her own...

The title Countess of Warwick may be given either to a female heir of the Earl of Warwick or to the wife of the Earl of Warwick. The title has been held...

theory that "he who uses a right injures no one" (= neminem laedit qui suo iure utitur), instead embracing the maxim “a right ends where abuse begins”...

Vesegotharum rex, crebram mutationem Romanorum principum cernens Gallias suo iure nisus est occupare. Quod conperiens Anthemius imperator Brittonum solacia...

September 1404. Third to Mary of Enghien (1367 or 1370 – 9 May 1446), suo iure Countess of Lecce, daughter of John of Enghien, in 1406. She survived him...

Jure matris (iure matris) is a Latin phrase meaning "by right of his mother" or "in right of his mother". It is commonly encountered in the law of inheritance...

title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title suo jure ("in her own right"). Similarly, the husband of an heiress could become...

Lady María Josefa de Borja Pimentel y Téllez-Girón iure uxoris Duchess of Osuna, suo jure 12th Duchess of Benavente (26 November 1752 – 5 October 1834)...

publicum Sosinestanorum iure suo facere licere[t ] aut sei per agrum preivatum Sosinestanorum 9. qua rivom fieri oporteret rivom iure suo Salluie[n]sibus facere...

Beaurevoir) and Richebourg, and also (as John II) Count of Brienne and Conversano (iure uxoris). He was a member of the French branch of the House of Luxembourg...