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- Justitia dehet esse lihera, quia nihil iniquius venali jnstitia; plena, quia justitia non debet claudicare; et celeris, quia dilatio est quædam negatiodefined inBlack's (1910)
Justice ought to be free, because nothing is more iniquitous than venui justice; full, because justice ought not to halt; and speedy, because delay is a kind of denial. 2 Inst. 56.
Justico is a bteady and unceasing disposition to render to every man his due, Inst. 1, 1, prit Dig. 1, 1, 10.
Justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render to each one his rights.
VIZ., SEVERE puniens et vere praevenlens. Justice is double; punishing severely, and truly preventing.
3 Inst Epll. Justice ls double; punishing severely, and truly preventing.
Justice is double, i. e., severely punishing and truly preventing.
et Aitfssimo complacens. Justice is an excellent virtue and pleasing to the Most High. 4 Inst 58.
Justice is excellent goodness and pleasing to the Most High.
4 Inst. 58. Justice is ex-collent virtue and pleasing to the Most High.
By Justice the throne is established. 3 Inst. 140.
Justice is not to be deferred nor delayed.
Jus-
NON differenda. Justice Is not to be denied nor delayed. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 76. JUSTITIA NON NOVIT PATREM NEC matrem; solum verltatem spectat Justitia. Justice knows neither father n
Justice should neither be denied nor deferred.
Justice knows neither father nor mother.; justice looks at the truth alone.
Justice knows not father nor mother; justice looks at truth alone1 Bulst 199.
Speedy justice.
/. Justiciar, justice. tices in eyre. Justiciarii Westminster.
In civil law. A suspension or intermission of the administration of justice in courts; vacation time. Calv. Lex. JU8TIZA. In old Spanish law. A supreme judge; a judicial magistrate
To hold aplea of anything,
In Spanish law. The name anciently given to a high judicial magistrate or supreme judge, who was the ultimate interpreter of the laws, and possessed other high powers.
The phrase justo titulo is explained to mean a title such as to transfer the property,—Schmidt, Civil Law of Spain and Mexico, 289, 290; see Partidas, 1. 18, t. 29, p. 3; or, as it
- Jus Tripertitumdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
In the Roman law. The law of wills. Sir Henry Maine says that it is so called because of its three-fold derivation from the imperial constitutions, the civil law, and the praetoria
PROPRIETATIS, possessionis, et possibilitatls. Right is three-
- Jus triplex est,—proprietatis, possessionis, et possibilitatisdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
A right is threefold, — proprietary, possessory and in possibility.
In Roman law. A right or privilege allowed to the parent of three or more children. 2 Kent, Comm. 85; 2 Bl. Comm. 247. These privileges were an exemption from the trouble of guardi
In Roman law. A right or privilege allowed to the parent of three or more children. 2 Kent, Comm. 85; 2 Bl. Coram. 247. These privileges were an exemption from the trouble of guard
sharing in the cost of providing "police and fire protection, the benefit of a trained work force, and 'the advantages of a civilized society.' " "Exxon Corp.
Exercises between martial men and persens of honor, with spears, on horseback; different from tournaments, which were military exercises between many men in troops. 24 Hen. VIII. c
A just title does not mean a perfect title, as otherwise prescription would not be needed. If the title is good on its face and the possessor under it has no notice of any extrinsi
- Justum non est aliquem antenatum mortnnm faeere bastardum, qui pro tota vita sna pro legitimo habeturdefined inBlack's (1910)
It is not just to make a bastard after his death one elder born who all his life has been accounted legitimate. 8 Coke, 101.
- Justum non est aliquem antenatum mortuum facere bastardum, qui pro tota vita sua pro legitimo habeturdefined inBallentine's (1916)
It is not just to make an elder born dead man a bastard, who through his whole life was considered legitimate.
In taxation, the fair, honest, and reasonable value of property, without exaggeration or depreciation; its actual market value. State v. Smith, 158 Ind. 543. 63 N. E. 214, 03 L R.
The right to the use of a thing. Cf. Jus abutendi.
- Jus Venandi Et Piscandidefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
The right of hunting and fishing. JUS VENDIT QUOD USUS APPROBAVit. The law dispenses what use has approved. EUesmere, Postn. 35, JUSJURANDI FORMA VERBIS DIFfert, re convenit; hunc
Ellesm. Postn. 35. The law dispenses what use has approved.
The law recommends what use has approved.
In Roman Law. The right of life and death. Originally a father, or his pater-familias if he was himself in domestic subjection, could decide — not arbitrarily, but judicially — whe
(Lat.) (Youths or young men.) In old English law. Inferior clerks of chancery, so called. Crabb's Hist. Eng. Law, 184. JUXTA (Lat.) According to. 1 Ld. Raym. 415. The same as secun
a person less than eighteen years of age.
Courts having special jurisdiction, of a paternal nature, over delinquent and neglected children. The thought that the child who has begun to go wrong, who has broken a law or ordi
“juvenile delinquency” means— (1) a violation of the laws of the United States or a State thereof or of a foreign country committed by a juvenile which would have been a crime if c
the term "juvenile delinquency program" means any program or activity related to juvenile delinquency prevention, control, diversion, treatment, rehabilitation, planning,
the term "juvenile facility" means any facility where covered juveniles are— (A) committed pursuant to an adjudication of delinquency under this chapter; or (B) detained
The term “juvenile justice expenditures” means expenditures in connection with the juvenile justice system, including expenditures in connection with such system to carry out— (A)
Near; according to.
According to the covenant. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 16, § 6.
According to the form of the statute.
At or after the rate. Dyer, 82.
According to the following tenor.
In Spanish law. The collective number of judges that concur in a de- K K. B. An abbreviation for "king's bench" (q. v.). KAIA (Law Lat.) A key, kay, or quay. Spelman. KAIAGIUM (Law
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,