Sui iuris: Difference between revisions

'''''Sui iuris''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|u:|aɪ|_|ˈ|dʒ|ʊər|ɪ|s}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|u:|i|-}}) also spelled ''sui juris'', is a [[Latin]] phrase that literally means "of one's own right".<ref>{{cite web|title=Collins English Dictionary |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/sui+juris|year=2003|access-date=5 November 2012|quote=sui juris [ˈsuːaɪ ˈdʒʊərɪs] adj (Law) (usually postpositive) Law of full age and not under disability; legally competent to manage one's own affairs; independent [from Latin, literally: of one's own right]}}</ref> It is used in both secular law<ref>{{cite book |last1=Garner |first1=Bryan A. |title=A dictionary of modern legal usage |date=1995 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-507769-5 |pages=851–852 |edition=2nd}}</ref> and the [[Catholic Church]]'s [[Canon law of the Catholic Church|canon law]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Faris |first1=J.D. |title=The Latin Church Sui Iuris |journal=Jurist |date=2002 |volume=62 |page=280}}</ref> The term '''church ''sui iuris''''' is used in the Catholic [[Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches|''Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches'']] (CCEO) to denote the [[Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites|autonomous churches]] in Catholic communion. The Catholic Church consists of 24 churches, including the [[Latin Church]] and 23 [[Eastern Catholic]] churches.