iuris to the particular Churches that are together the Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Church and those in communion with it. A church sui iuris is...

cum manu and sine manu marriages, if both the husband and wife were alieni iuris (persons under patria potestas; that is, under the power of their respective...

either as the head of the family (pater familias), or some lower member alieni iuris (one who lives under someone else's law).[citation needed] The history...

the pater familias, the patria potestas on illegal children (filius alieni iuris) that included the right to kill them. In matrimonial law, he established...

in private law. There is a distinction between alieni iuris (persons under patria potestas) and sui iuris (persons autonomous of patria potestas, who could...

One might act socially sui iuris, on one's own authority, asserting one's own right, or on behalf of another, alieni iuris, in response to a demand to...