jure divino
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Phrase
[edit]jure divino
- by divine right
Quotations
[edit]- "And therefore whatsoever any subject doth, if it be not contrary to the civil law, and whatsoever a sovereign doth, if it be not against the law of nature, he doth it jure divino, by divine right." Part II, Chapter 29, Paragraph 5, The Elements of Law by Thomas Hobbes