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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Anabbreviation for “Jacobus,” the JACTURA. In the civil law. <A tlirow- Latin form of the name James; used princi- ing of goods overboard in a storm; jettison. pally in citing statutes enacted in the reigns Loss from such acause. Calvin. of the English kings of that name; e. g.,