Law Dictionary

the federal judiciary is supreme in the exposition of the law of the Constitution, and that principle has ever since been respected by this Court and the Country as a permanent and

The distinction between the judicial function of declaring a rate unreasonable and the legislative one of establishing a rate as reasonable.

Any writ issued by a court after an action is begun.

In English practice. The capias and all other writs subsequent to the original writ not issuing out of chancery, but from the court to which the original was returnable. Being grou

The more recent decisions are the stronger in law.

That which is done while administering justice; the judges taken collectively; as, the liberties of the people are secured by a wise and independent judiciary. See "Court"; 3 Story

2. That branch of government invested with the judicial power; the system of courts in a country; the body of judges; the bench,

The name ordinarily given to Act Cong. Sept. 24, 1789, establishing the system of federal courts. JUDICIIS POSTERIORIBUS FIDES EST adhlbenda. Faith or credit is to be given to the

The declaration, plea, and finding must be taken together; and from these, we are bound, by the 32d section, above cited, to ascertain whether, according to the right of the cause

The principal criminal court of Scotland.

Judgments are, as it were, the sayings of the law and are received as truth.

Faith should be placed in more recent decisions.

A judge need not be obeyed when exceeding his jurisdiction.

Lat. A caution or security, given in Scotch courts for the defendant to abide judgment within the jurisdiction. Stim. Law Gloss.

It is punishment enough for a judge that he has God as his avenger. 1 Leon. 295.

It is is sufficient punishment for a judge that he has God as his punisher.

The judge in his decision ought to follow the rule, when the exception is not proved.

The exception not being proved, it is the judge’s duty to follow the rule.

Dyer, 12. It is the duty of a judge to decide according to facts alleged and proved.

It is the duty of the judge to decide according to the allegations and proofs, i. e., the pleadings and the evidence.

It is the duty of a judge to declare the law, not to enact it. Lofft, 42. JUDICIS OFFICIUM EST OPUS DIEI IN die SUO perflcere. It Is the duty of a judge to finish the work of each

It is the duty of a judge to inquire into the times of things, as well as into things themselves. Co. Litt 171.

It is the duty of a judge to finish the work of each day within that day. Dyer, 12.

It is the duty of a judge to complete the day’s work on the day.

It is as much the judge’s duty to inquire into the times of things as the things themselves; by inquiring into the time you will be safe.

A court; judicial power; a judicial proceeding; sometimes applied in this sense to an action generally, and sometimes to a determination therein, as a verdict or judgment. an impro

A judgment rendered by one not the proper judge is of no avail.

10 Coke, 70. A judgment given by one who is not the proper judge is of no force.

Trial by water. See Hot-water ordeal .

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

The judgment of God, the outcome of an ordeal. See Ordeal .

Judgment is, as it were, a saying of the law. Co. Litt 168. JUDICIUM NON DEBET ESSE ILLUSOrlum; suum affectum habere debet. A judgment ought not to be illusory; it ought to have it

Trial by the iron. See Trial by the iron .

Fire ordeal, which see.

A judgment ought not to be illusory; it ought to have its effect.

In old English law. Judgment of the peers; judgment of one's peers; trial by jury. Magna Charta, c. 29.

Judgment for the king.

Judgment is given against one, whether he will or not. Co. Litt. 248b.

IN praesumptione legis. In presumption of law, a judgment is g^iven against inclination. Co. Litt. 248b, 314b. JUDICIUM SEMPER PRO VERITATE acclpitur. A judgment is always taken fo

In presumption of law, a judgment is rendered against one's will. See 95 N. Y. 428, 47 Am. Rep. 64.

A judgment is always received as the truth.

Lat. A Jew.

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

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

In French Law. Judge. It is applied in strictness only to Judges of the inferior courts. Members of the Cour d’ Appel and of the Cour de Cassation are called Conseillers.

In French Law. A Justice of the peace. See Courts op France. JUGE D’INSTRUCTiON. In French Law. An officer subject to the procureur-general, who in cases of criminal offences recei

See Instruction.

A Roman land measure, 240x120 feet.

In French law. Officers subject to the procureur imperial or general, who receive in cases of criminal offenses the complaints of the parties injured, and who summon and examine wi

In old records. A cutthroat or murderer. Cowell. JUGUM (Lat.) In the civil law. A yoke; a measure of land; as much land as a yoke of oxen could plough in a day. Nov. 17, c 8. Calle

A yoke.

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

A yoke of land; half of a plough-land. See Ploughland .

In Spanish law. A trial or suit. White, New Recop. bk. 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 ACREEDOces. In Spanish law. The d

(Spanish) A judgment directing a pro rata payment to the creditors of an insolvent.

The judgment granted for a debtor who has various creditors, or for such creditors, to the effect that their claims be satisfied according to their respective form and rank, when t

A solar calendar adopted by Julius Caesar.

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

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

A colloquial expression, meaning to abscond in violation of the obligation of a bail bond.

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

In old English law. Thee soil where rushes grow. Co. Litt. 5a; Co.w-> ell.

United they aid. A portion of the maxim, "Quæ non valeant sin-, gula juncta juvant," (q. v.,) frequently cited. 3 Man. & G. 99.

Things joined have eflfect. 11 East, 220.

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

(Lat.) In old English law. A joining together; the imiting, putting together, or including of several covenants in one stipulation or contract. Bract, fol. 100b. A jointure; a join

To in aid; to join in aid. See Arp

In old English c law. To join the duellum; to engage in the combat Fleta, lib. 1, c. 21, § 10.

Younger; subsequent to in point of time. Thus, junior creditor, one whose claim accrued after that of another; junior judgment, one entered after another against the same person; j

A barrister under the rank of queen’s counseL Moz. A W. JUNIPERU8 SABINA (Lat). In Medioal Jurisprudence. A plant commonly called savin. It is used for lawful purposes in medicine,

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 trini

One the due date of whose debt was later than that of another creditor.

An encumbrance over which another has priority.

The term “junior equity interest” means common stock or, in the case of a partnership, any partnership interest under which the rights as to income and capital (or, to the extent p

An execution levied subsequently to another on a different judgment.

A judgment of later rendition or entry than another one.

One over which another has priority.

For the purpose of this part, the term “junior or community college” means an institution of higher education— (1) that admits as regular students persons who are beyond the age of

Same as Borough English.

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.

A plant the product of which is used in abortions.

The term “junk” shall mean old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, i

“junk automobile” means an automobile that— (A) is incapable of operating on public streets, roads, and highways; and (B) has no value except as a source of parts or scrap.

A place where odds and ends are purchased and sold. City Council of Charleston v. Goldsmith, 12 Rich. (S. C.) 470. In this case it was said that "it is perfectly immaterial whether

The term “junkyard” shall mean an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or

“junk yard” means an individual or entity engaged in the business of acquiring or owning junk automobiles for— (A) resale in their entirety or as spare parts; or (B) rebuilding, re

Same as Junto.

A select council for inking cognizance of affairs of great consequence requiring secrecy; a cabal or faction. This was a popular nickname applied to the Whig ministry in England, b

A secret political council; a political faction.

Plural of Jus.

Rights in personam. See In personam .

Rights in rem. See In rem .

Ecclesiastical laws are limited within separate confines.

Laws are repealed in the same manner in which they are enacted.

Fiscal rights. See Fiscal .

Rights in a thing, being exclusive or shared with others.

1. Pertaining to natural or positive right or to the doctrines of rights and obligations; as "jural relations." 2. Of or pertaining to jurisprudence; juristic; juridical. 3. Recogn

Rights of sovereignty. See 18 Cal. 229.

Corporal oaths. See Corporal oath .