School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ngerum, its smallest partbeing the scrupidum of 10 feet square, = 100square feet. Thus the jugerum contained288 scrupula. The jugerum was the com-mon measure of land among the jugera formed an heredium, a hundredheredia a eenturia, and four centuriae asaltus. These divisions were derived fromthe original assignment of landed property,in which two jugera were given to eachcitizen as heritable property. JUGUM (^uyos, ^vy6u), signified in ge-neral that which joined two things together,such as the transverse beam which unitedthe upright
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . ngerum, its smallest partbeing the scrupidum of 10 feet square, = 100square feet. Thus the jugerum contained288 scrupula. The jugerum was the com-mon measure of land among the jugera formed an heredium, a hundredheredia a eenturia, and four centuriae asaltus. These divisions were derived fromthe original assignment of landed property,in which two jugera were given to eachcitizen as heritable property. JUGUM (^uyos, ^vy6u), signified in ge-neral that which joined two things together,such as the transverse beam which unitedthe upright posts of a loom, the cross-bar ofa lyre, a scale-beam, &c., but it denotedmore especially the yoke by which ploughsand carriages were drawn. The followingwoodcut shows two examples of the yoke :the upper one is provided with two collars,the lower one with excavations cut in theyoke, in order to give move ease and freedomto the animals. The latter figure showsthe method of tying the yoke to the pole{temo, pufios) by means of a leathern JUaUM, YOKE. The word jugum is often used to signifyslavery, or the condition in which men arecompelled, against their will, like oxen orhorses, to labour for others. Hence, to ex-press symbolically the subjugation of con-quered nations, the Romans made theircaptives pass under a yoke {sub jugummiitere), which, however, was not madelike the yoke used in drawing carriages orploughs, but consisted of a spear supportedtransversely by two others placed upright. JURISDICTIO, signifies generally theauthority of the magistrate qui jus dicit,and is mostly applied to the authority ofthe praetor in civil cases, such as the givingof the formula in an actio and the appoint-ment of a judex. [Actio.] JUS. The law peculiar to the Romanstate is sometimes called Jus Civile Roma-norum, but more frequently /ms Civile Jus Quiritium is equivalent to the JusCivile Romanorum. The jus civile o^ the Ro-mans is divisible into two iparts, jus civile inthe
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