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“To say that there is nothing just or unjust but what is commanded or forbidden by positive laws, is the same as saying that before the describing of a circle, all the radii were not equal."--The Spirit of the Laws, cited in --A History of Political Theory (1937) by George Holland Sabine

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Etymology

From Middle English juste, borrowed from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin iūs (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Compare Scots juist (“just”), Saterland Frisian juust (“just”), West Frisian just (“just”), Dutch juist (“just”), Low German jüst (“jüst”), German just (“just”), Danish just (“just”), Swedish just (“just”).

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