Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb, a celebrated German jurist, born at Eisenberg; was successively professor of Philosophy and subsequently of Law at several universities of Germany; he wrote several learned works in law treated from a philosophical standpoint; mention may be made of his “Historia Juris Civilis Romani” and “Elementa Juris Naturæ Gentium” (1681‒1741).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Heine, Heinrich * Heinsius, Anthony