just
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 175 U.S. 60 - United States v. Conway · 1899Most cited · 36 citing opinions
only a title which is good upon its face, or not manifestly frivolous, not one which shall ultimately trun out to be valid.
How often courts cite the cases defining “just”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “just” — 45 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1899–2024
fair" and "righteous." Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary 1334 (1942); see also Webster's New International Dictionary 1348 (2d ed. 1934) ("righteous" and "equitable").