A Dictionary of Law

Jacobus: James, king James.

See title Horse.

See Jettison. JAUj.* a house or building used for the purposes of a public prison, or where persons under arrest are kept.^ Originally, a place where persons were confined to await

' Hazard; danger; peril.* 1. The act of March 3, 1825, § 22, prescribes additional punishment for any person who, in robbing the mail, puts the life of the carrier in jeopardy by t

An ornament of the person, such as an ear-ring, a pearl, a diamond, prepared to be worn. 1 A watch is not carried as a jewel or ornament, but as an article of ordinary wear, and of

A merchant who purchases goods from importers and sells to retailers.6

See Doe.

But there was an intermediate stage when the bail were required to be men of flesh and blood — money being of no consequence. Hence it became a regular profession to stand about th

Joining; coupling; uniting. See Joint. Joinder in denmrrer. Accepting the issue tendered b)' defendant. See Dbmueree. Joinder of actions or causes of action. Stating more than one

Joined; united; done by or against, or shared between, two or more persons in union.8 Compare Co, 3. Cavendish v. Cavendish, 1 Brown, Ch. *46S (1785). 'Hamaley v. Leland, 43 N. Y.

A record of the proceedings of a legislative body. "Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their

Originally, a day's travel; now applied to travel by land from place to place, without restriction as to time, and without the ordinary habits, business, or duties of the person, t

s 1. Governmental authority. In extradition treaties, more than mere physical, territorial, quasi territorial, or treaty jurisdiction; has the enlarged meaning which is equivalent

1. In Roman law, when a suit was commenced, the parties appeai-ed before the praetor, who made a preliminary examination to find the precise point in controversy. From the statemen

8 A public officer whose function is to declare the law, to administer justice in ' Hart V. Aldridge, 1 Cowp. 55 (1774), Mansfield, C. J. ' See Hadley, Eom. Law, 60. Eussell V. Smi

The advising and prosecuting officer in military law or before a court-martial. He may be the judge-advocate general, or a deputy judge-advocate. In conducting a trial, he represen

"That judgments and decrees rendered in a circuit or district court of the United States within any State, shall be liens on property throughout such State in the same manner and t

io The science of law; the practical science of giving a wise interpretation to the laws and of making a just application of them to cases.n Whence jurisprudential. Comparative jur

A colloquial expression describing the act of the principal in a bailbond in violating the condition of the obligation by failing to do the thing stipulated, as, not appearing in c

1. Although usually attached to a person's name, is not regarded as a part thereof. "Junior "and "senior "are words of description, constitute no part of a name, and may be added o

See Jus. JURAIi. Pertaining to natural or positive right.''

From the L,a.tinjuratum, sworn; the emphatic word in the Latin form of the certificate to an affidavit or deposition that it was sworn to. The common form is " Sworn to (or affirme

Pertaining to the distribution of justice; used or recognized in courts of justice.i Opposed, non-juridical; as, that Sunday is a non-juridical day. JURISCOlfSULT. The juris consu

See Jury.

See Chancelloe.

See Battery; Hoi

Making an act matter of right. 1. Allegation of a reason why defenda might lawfully do the act complained of. In libel, common as a plea on the gi-ound of pri lege, or of truth and

1. Pertaining to the department of government which expounds the laws. 2. The body of officers who administer the law; the judges taken collectively; the bench. ' [Wolfe V. M'CauU,