The Latin sui iuris (the individual words meaning 'self' and 'law') corresponds to the Greek '??????u??', from which the English word autonomy is derived.

Catholic canon law

A church sui iuris is an aggregation of particular churches with distinct liturgical, spiritual, theological and canonical traditions that is recognized as a particular church within the Catholic Church. The term sui iuris denotes the relative autonomy of the Eastern Catholic Churches

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