A Dictionary of Law

In old English law. Judgment of death; capital judgment. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 39, § 2. Called, also, "judicium vitae amissionis," judgment of loss of life. Id. lib. 2, c. 1, § 5.

Lat. Inold English and European law. The judgment of God; otherwise called “divinum judicium,” the “divine judgment.” <A term particularly applied to the ordeals by fire or hot iro

In old English law, judgment of the peers; judgment of one's peers; trial by jury. Magna Charta, c. 29. Judicium redditur in invitum. Co. Litt. 248b. Judgment is given against one,

In old English law. A watery place. Domesday; Cowell.

In Frenchlaw. A judge.

In Frenchlaw. An inferior judicial functionary, appointed to dequestions of fact. He has also the functions of a police magistrate. Ferritre.

Anacre. Co. Litt. 5d. As much as a yoke (jugwm) of oxen could plow in one day. F

In French law. Officers subject to the practreur imperial or général, who receive in cases of criminal offenses the complaints of the parties injured, and who sammon and exainine w

Inold records. A cut throat or murderer. Cowell.

In the civil law. A yoke; a measure of land; as much land as a yoke of oxen could plow inaday. Nov. 17,¢ 8.

In old English law. A yoke of land; half a plow-land. Domesduy; Co. Litt. 5a; Cowell.

In Spanish law. A trial or suit. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit. 4, c. 1.

In Spanish law. The decree of a competent tribunal directing the determining and marking the boundaries of lands or estates, JUICIO DE CONCURSO DE ACREE-

In old Scotch law. An ox used for tillage. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 2, p. 89.

In the civil law. Beasts of burden; animals used for carrying burdens. This word did not include “oxen.” Dig. 32, 65, 5.

To abscond, withdraw, or secrete one’s self, in violation of the obligation of a bail-bond. The expression is

In old English law. soil where rushes grow. Co. Litt. 5a; Cow ell. Juncta juvant. United they aid. 4 portion of the maxim, “Quce non velcant sin guia juncta jucant,” (g.v.,) freque

Related on the side of both parents; of the whole blood. Hale, Com. Law, cell.

To in aid; to join in aid. See Arp

In old Em glish law. To join the duellum,; to engage in the combat. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 21, § 1.

Younger. This has veen held to be no partof a man's name, but an addition by use, and a convenient distinction be tween a father and son of the same name 10 Paige, 170; 7 Johns. 54

A barrister under therank of queen’s counsel, Also the junior of two counsel employed on the same side in acase. Mozley & Whitley.

The younger of the counsel employed on the same side of a case, or the one lower in standing or rank, or who is intrusted with the less important parts of the preparation or trial

One whose claim or demand accrued at a date poslerior to that of a claim or demand held by another creditor.

One which was issued after the issuance of another execution, on a different judgment, against the same defendant.

One. which was rendered or entered after the rendition or entry of another judgment, on a different claim, against Lhe same defendant,

One which is issued, or comes to the officer's hands, at a later time than a similar writ, at the suit of another party, or on a different claim, against the same defendant.

In medical jurisprudence. This plant is commonly called “savin.”

A shop where old cordage and ships’ tackle, old iron, raves, bottles, paper, etc., are keptandsold. A place where odds and ends are purchased and sold. 12 Rich. Law, 470.

or JUNTO. A select council for taking cognizance of affairs of great conministry in England, between They clung to cach other for mutotection against the attacks of the so- “Reacti

In English law. _ Fiscal rights; rights of the exchequer. 38). Comm. 45.

In the civil law. Righta in a thing; rights which, being separated from the dominium, or right of property, exist independently of it, and are enjoyed by some other person than him

Lat. Inthecivil law. An oath,

Inthe civillaw. An oath which*the judge, of his own accord, defers to either of the parties. It is of two kinds: First, that which the judge defers for the decision of the cause, a

In Roman law. A compulsory oath. <A disclosure under oath, which the pretor compelled one of the parties to a suit to make, when the other, applying for such an appeal, agreed to a

In Roman law. <A voluntary oath. A species of appeal to conscience, by which one of the parties to a suit, instead of proving his cuse, offered to abide by what his adversary shoul

In oid Englishlaw. Rights of mixeddeminion. The king's right or power of jurisdiction was 80 termed. Hale, Anal. § 6. dura nature sunt immutabilia. The laws of nature are unchangea

Rightsofpersons; the rights of persons, Rights whieh concern and are annexed to the persons of men. 1 Bl. Comm. 122.

In thecivillaw. The rights of estates. Dig. 50, 16, 86. Jura publica anteferenda privatis. Publie rights are to be preferred to private. Oo, Litt. 180a. Applied to protections. Jur

To swear; to take an oath. Jurare est Deum in testem vocare, et est actus divini cultus. 3 Inst. 165. To swear is to call God to witness, and is an act of religion.

In English law. Royal rights or privileges. 131. Comm. 117, 119; 3 Bl. Comm. 44.

Rights of supreme dominion; rights of sovereiguty. 1 BI. Comm. 49; 1 Kent, Comm. 211.

The clause written at the foot of an atlidavit, stating when, where, and before Whom such aflidavit was sworn.

The act of swearing; the administration of an oath. Jurato creditur in judicio. He who

A juror; § compurg: (9. ®-) Juratores debent esse vicini, suffici entes, ef minus suspecti. Jurors oug be neighbors, of sufficient estate, and from suspicion,: Jenk. Cent. 141. Jur

In Seotch law. A description of caution (securit Sometimes offered in a suspension or adyos cation where the complainer is not in cite cumstances to offer any better. Bell.

In English law. Officers in the nature of aldermen, sworn for the govern. ment of many corporations. The twelve as. sistants of the bailiff in Jersey are called Ba urats, ”

Lat. By right; in right; by the law.

By the right or law of war. 1 Kent, Comm. 126; 1 C. Rob. Adm, 289. JURE CIVILL Bythecivillaw. Inst. 1, 3, 4; 1 Bl. Comm, 423.

By divine right. 1 Bl. Comm. 191.

In right of the church. 1 Bl, Comm, 401.

By the right or law of emphytcusis. 8 Bl. Comm. 2382, See EMPHYTEUSIS.

By the law of na tions. Inst. 1, 3, 4; 1 Bl. Comm. 428, Jure natures equum est neminem cum alterius detrimento et injuria fieri locupletiorem. By the law of nature it is not just t

By right of propinquilty or nearness, 2 Crabb, lieal Prop. p. 1019, § 2898.

By right of representation; in the right of ar other person. 2 L1. Comm. 224, 517; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 1019, § 2398. non est consonum quod aliquis in curia regis convincatur ali

Lat. Of right; of law. Juris affectus in executione consistit. _ ‘The effect of the law consists in the execution, Co. Litt. 2890. _ JURIS ET DE JURE. Of law and of ‘right. A presu

A jurist; a person skilled in the science of law, particularly of international or public law.

Lat. In Roman law. An expertin juridical science; a person thoroughly versed in the laws, who was habitually resorted to, for information and advice, both by private persons as his

The power and authority constitutionally conferred upon (or constitutionally recognized as existing in) a conrt or judge to pronounce the sentence of the law, or to award the remed

Pertaining or relating to jurisdiction; conferring jurisdiction; showing or disclosing jurisdiction; defining or limiting jurisdiction; essential to jurisdiction.

The union of scisin or possession and the right of possession, forming a complete title. 2 Bl. Comm. 199, 311. Juris ignorantia est cum jus nostrum ignoramus. Itisignorance of the

A student of the civil law,

Skilled or learned in the law.

Of positive law; a regulation or requirement of positive Jaw, as distinguished fromi natural or divine law. 1 BI. Comm. 439; 2 Steph. Comm. 286. Juris precepta sunt hee: Honeste vi

Of private right; subjects of private property. Hale, Anal. § 25. least in their own use, are common to all the king’s subjects; as common highways, common bridges, common rivers,

The philosophy of law, or the science which treats of the principles of positive law and legal relations. “The term is wrougly applied to actual systems of law, or to current views

In the civil and common law. Jurisprudence, or legal science. Jurisprudentia est divinarum atque humanarum rerum notitia, justi atque injusti scientia. "Jurisprudence" is the knowl

One who is versed or skilled in law; answering to the Latin “jurisper. ttus,” {g. 0.) One who is skilled in the civil law, or law of nations. The term is now usually applied to tho

Pertaining or belonging to, or characteristic of, jurispradence, or a jurist, or the legal profession,

One designed to have a legal effect, and capable thereof.

In English law. An abolished writ which lay for the parson of a church whose predecessor had alienated the lands and tenements thereof. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 48.

In old English law. A journey; a day’s traveling. Cowell.

In Spanish law. A certain perpetual pension, granted by the king on the public revenues, and more especially on the salt-works, by favor, either in consideration of meritorious ser

One wemberofajury. Some times, one who lakes an oath; as in the term “non-juror,” a person who refuses certain oaths,

A list of persons qualified to serve on juries. JURY In practice. <A certain number of men, selected according to law, and sworn (juvati) to inquire of certain mutters of fact, and

Inpractice. The place in court (strictly an inclosed place) where the jury sit during the trial of acause. 1 Archb. Tr. K. B. 208; 1 Burrill, Pr. 455.

An officer charged wit the duty of selecting the names to be put into the jury wheel, or of drawing the panel of jurors for a particular term of court.

A paper containing the names of jurors impaneled to try a cause, or it contains the names of all the jurors summoned to attend court.

A juror; one who is impaneled on a jury.

The process by which a jury is summoned in a cause, and by which if their attendance is enforced.

A machine containing the names of persons qualified to serve as grand and petit jurors, from which, in an orde: determined by the hazard of its revolutions, are drawn a sullicient

One member of a jury of matrons, (9. 0.)

The right to abuse. By this phrase is understood the right to do exactly as one likes with property, or having full dominion over property. 3 Toullier, no. 8b.

The right of survivorship. The right of the survivor or survivors of two or more joint tenants to Ni Jus accrescendi inter mercatores, pro beneficio commercii, locum non habet. The

A term of the civil law, meaning "a right to a thing;" that is, a right exercisable by one person over a particular article of property in virtue of a contract or obligation incurr

The droit daw baine, (g. v.) See ALBINATUS JUS.

The laws and toms of the West Saxons, in the time of t Heptarchy, by which the people were fora long time governed, and which were preferred before all others. Wharton.

In the civil taw. The name of a servitude which gives to the owner of land the right to bring down water through or from the land of another.

Inold English law. The right of bench. The right or privilege of having an elevated and separate seat of judy: ment, anciently allowed only to the king’a judges, who hence were sai

Thelaw of war. The law of nations a3 applied to a state of war, defining in particular the rights and duties of the belligerent powers themselves, and of neutral nations.. The righ

The right of proelaiming war.

The canon law,

Civil law. The system of law peculiar to one state or people. Inst, 1, 2, 1. Particularly, in Roman law, the civil law of the Reman people, as distinguished from the jus gentium. T

In the civillaw. The fight of sewerage ordrainage. An easement consisting in the right of having a sewer, or of conducting suriace water, through tho house or over the ground of on

In the civil law. Common right; the common and natural rule of right, 2s opposed to jus singulare, (q. v.) Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 196. In English law. The common law, anawering to th

In English law. The tight of thecrown, or tothecrown, the right of succession to the throne. 1 Bl. Comm. 191; 2 Steph. Comm. 454.

In old English law. The right of coining money. 2 How. State Tr. 118.

In Englishlaw. The right of curtesy. Spelman.

To giveor to make the law; the function and prerogative of the legislative department.

In thecivil law. The right of deliberating. A term granted by the proper officer at the request of him who is called to the inheritance, (the heir.) within which he has the right t