Jus Dare, Dicere

JUS DARE - To give or to make the law. Jus dare belongs to the legislature; jus dicere to the judge.

JUS DICERE - To declare the law. This word is used to explain the power which the court has to expound the law; and not to make it, jus dare.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.