Roman Law Vocabulary

noun a word that functions as the name of a specific person, place, thing, or idea

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

• The concept of actiones stricti juris refers to legal actions that must be strictly interpreted according to the law.
• In simple terms, actiones stricti juris are legal actions that have to be followed exactly as written in the law.
• You gotta stick to the rules with actiones stricti juris, no room for shortcuts.
• Just like following a recipe step by step, actiones stricti juris require strict adherence to the legal procedures.

verb to claim or seize without justification; to arrogate something

• The king sought to adrogate more power for himself by bypassing the council.
• I heard that the new manager is trying to adrogate control over all the projects.
• Don't be such a control freak and try to adrogate everything!
• The company's aggressive marketing tactics seemed to adrogate all the attention in the industry.