Sui-Juris.txt S Black's Law Dictionary (8th ed. 2004) , Page 4499 SUI GENERIS sui generis (s[y]oo-Iorsoo-ee jen-<>-ris). [Latin “of its own kind”] Of its own kind or class; unique or peculiar. • The term is used in intellectual-property law to describe a regime designed to protect rights that fall outside the traditional patent, trademark, copyright, and trade-secret doctrines. For example, a database may not be protected by copyright law if its content is not original, but it could be protected by a sui generis statute designed for that purpose. SUI HEREDES sui heredes (s[y]oo-I h<>-ree-deez). [Latin] Roman law. One's own heirs. — Also spelled sui haeredes. — Often shortened to sui. See SUUS HERES . “If a man died without a will, his property went to his sui heredes (own heirs, direct heirs), that is, to the persons who were previously under his potestas, but were released from it by his death. If he had adopted as son a person not connected with him by birth, that person was included among the sui heredes; on the other hand, a son by birth whom he had emancipated was ... excluded from the sui heredes....” James Hadley, Introduction to Roman Law 134 (1881). SUI JURIS sui juris (s[y]oo-Iorsoo-ee joor-is). [Latin “of one's own right; independent”] 1. Of full age and capacity. 2. Possessing full social and civil rights. 3.Roman law. Of or relating to anyone of any age, male or female, not in the postestas of another, and therefore capable of owning property and enjoying private-law rights. • As a status, it was not relevant to public law. SUI POTENS sui potens (s[y]oo-Ipoh-tenz). [Latin] Hist. Able to do something, as in to enter a contract. SUIT suit. Any proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law; CASE(1). — Also termed lawsuit; suit at law. See ACTION(4). ancillary suit (an-s<>-ler-ee). An action, either at law or in equity, that grows out of and is auxiliary to another suit and is filed to aid the primary suit, to enforce a prior judgment, or to impeach a prior decree. — Also termed ancillary bill; ancillary proceeding; ancillary process. [Cases: Federal Courts 20.1.] blackmail suit.A suit filed by a party having no genuine claim but hoping to extract a favorable settlement from a defendant who would rather avoid the expense and inconvenience of litigation. class suit.See CLASS ACTION. derivative suit.See DERIVATIVE ACTION(1). frivolous suit.A lawsuit having no legal basis, often filed to harass or extort money from the defendant. [Cases: Action 8; Costs 2; Federal Civil Procedure 2767. C.J.S. Actions §§ 34–35, 4499