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Suo jure is a Latin phrase meaning "in her [or his] own right". Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This page lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...
It is commonly encountered in the context of titles of nobility, especially in cases where a wife may hold a title in her own right rather than through her marriage. The Lords and Barons prove their Nobility by hanging their Banners and exposing their Coats-of-arms at the door of the Lodge of the Heralds. ... Matrimony redirects here. ...
[CP I:346-7] Margaret, de jure, apparently suojure Baroness Audley, da and h [of Hugh Audley] m, probably in 1335/6, Ralph Stafford, afterwards Lord Stafford and Earl of Stafford.
Witnessed, as one of the King's sworn Council, the confirmation by Henry III of the Provisions of Oxford, 1258; Lord Marcher; Seriff of Salop, and co active part on the King's side against the Barons, bein in arms for the King on the Welsh Marches in 1264, engaging in the Evesham campaign in 1265.
He m in 1244, Ela, suojure Countess of Salisbury, da of William Longespee (who d 1250), bu Idione, da and h of Richard de Camville.