sui juris

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Entering upon the time when practically he becomes sui juris, he has far too much power and influence to be treated with levity.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

Appius for his own purposes, in interpreting his own law, introduces a distinction betwixt those who were sui juris, entirely free, and those who were subject to the patria potestas.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus

Therefore, it is by no means necessary for a person to be sui juris or capable of acting in his or her own right, in order to qualify himself or herself to act for others.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

It makes this nature sui juris, incommunicable, and entirely independent in the mode of its actual being: leaving untouched, of course, the essential dependence of the created “subsisting thing” or “person” on the Creator.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

Quoth he, Th' one half of man, his mind, Is, sui juris, unconfin'd, And cannot be laid by the heels, 1015 Whate'er the other moiety feels.

From Hudibras by Butler, Samuel