Law Dictionary

the field in which a state may not validly provide for compensation must be taken, for the purposes of the Act, as the same field which the Jensen line of decision excluded from st

(Law Ft.) I give; I do. JEOFAILE (Law Fr.) I have failed; I am in error. Certain statutes are called statutes of amendments and jeofailes, because, where a pleader perceives any sl

An oversight or mistake in ment of an oversight Jeofails, to amend, to cure errors in pleading, Edw. IIL, St 3, c. 6.

In Fr. I have failed; I am in error. An error or oversight in pleading. Certain statutes are called "statutes of amendments and Jeofailes" because, where a pleader perceives any sl

A mistake or error in a pleading.

' Hazard; danger; peril.* 1. The act of March 3, 1825, § 22, prescribes additional punishment for any person who, in robbing the mail, puts the life of the carrier in jeopardy by t

literal' jeopardy is particularly difficult to understand, given the Senator's own unambiguous explanation that as author of the bill, what he meant was 'constitutional' jeopardy

a defendant is placed in jeopardy in a criminal proceeding once the defendant is put to trial before the trier of the facts, whether the trier be a jury or a judge

Same as Jeopardy.

Inthe civil law. Eguity, as opposed to strictum or summum jus, (g. bv.) Otherwise called aquum, aquum bonum, equim et bonum, equum et justum. Calvin. Aigquites agit in personam. Eq

I. In the Roman law. The treasury. Ms, I In the civil law. Money (literally, brass); any metallic money. Ms alienum: a debt; that which is due to another, ^s snnm: a debt; that whi

In English law. An ofl Scer ol the custom house, who oversees the> waiters. Tech. Diet. JET (Fr.) In French law. Jettison. Ord.

Jn old English law. Esnecy; the right or privilege of the eldest born. Spelman; Glany. lib. 7, ¢. 3; Fleta, lib. 2, ¢. 66, §§ 5, 6.

A large brass candlestick, usually hung in the middle of a church or choir. Cowell.

Lat. [from cestimare, to value; L. Fr. cestims.^ Valuation, rating, consideration. Cerpo* hamanaai, [libernnt cerp«tt,l nea reciplt Kstimatieaeai. The human body, [the body of a fr

Jettison, which see.

Goods cast out from a ship by way of jettison, and which sink, being thus distinguished from flotsam, jettisoned goods which float, and ligan, jettisoned goods, bound to some buoya

Same as Jettison.

Same as Jettison.

A tax laid on incoming ships.

The throwing overboard of part of the cargo, or any article on board a ship, or the cutting and casting away of masts, spars, rigging, sails, or other furniture, for the purpose of

A sort of dam intended to deflect the current of a stream, so as to deepen the channel or form an eddy below, thereby extending the bank. See 48 Or. 444, 120 Am. St. Rep. 827, 7 L.

In French Law. A kind of gambling or speculation, which consists of sales and purchases which bind neither of the parties to deliver the things which are the object of the sale, an

In French law. A kind of gambling or speculation, which consists of sales and purchases which bind neither of the parties to deliver the things which are the object of the sale, an

A precious stone; a gem; a personal ornament, consisting more or less of precious Stones. An ornament Intended to be worn on the person. The precise meaning of the word was discuss

The term “jewelry trade association” means an organization, consisting primarily of persons actively engaged in the jewelry or a related business, the purposes and activities of wh

I. In the Roman law. The ^dilitian edict, an edict providing remedies for frauds in sales the execution of which belonged to the curule cediles. ^ditus, editns, I In old English la

A street or railway car for exclusive accommodation of negroes.

A burglar’s prying-bar.

Abbreviation for “judges.”

Justice of the king’s bench.

A phrase used to indicate judicial decisions which construe away the meaning of statutes, or find meanings in them the legislature never intended. It is sometimes used as meaning,

1. In civil and old English law. To judge; to decide or determine judicially. Judicatio: judging. Judicatus, judicata, judicatum: adjudged. Jndlcatum solvere: to pay what was adjud

In old English and European law. The judgment of God; otherwise calied "divinum judicium," the "divine judgment." A term particularly applied to the ordeals by fire or hot iron and

Lat. In the civil and common law. An oath. Juramentum est affirmatio vel negatio de aliquo, attestatione sacrae rei firmata: an oath is an affirmation or denial respecting any matt

Z. In old English law. To swear; to make oath; to take an oath. Jnrare est Deum in testem vocare, et est actus divini cnltus: to swear is to call God to witness, and is an act of r

I. I. A jury, — so called because sworn well and truly to try the issue, etc.; the jurata, or common jury of the ancient law, otherwise called jurata patriae, a jury of the country

I. I In old English law. A juror; a compurgator. Juratores: jurors. Jnratores assisae: jurors of the assise. Juratores debent esse minus snspecti: jurors ought to be free from susp

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

I. Belonging to law; relating to the administration of justice in or by a court v. Dies juridicus.

Z. In the civil law. One who is consulted on matters of law; a learned person who gives counsel on questions of law; a jurisconsult

In equity practice. That part of a bill which is intended to give jurisdiction of the suit to the court, by a general averment that the acts complained of are contrary to equity, a

In old English law. Amenable; summonable.

Hun-dredors ; lords of the hundreds ; they who had the jurisdiction of hundreds and held the hundred courts.

Justices appointed by Richard I. to carry into effect the laws and orders which he had made for regulating the money contracts of the Jews. Brown.

In old English law. Judges of a pyepowder court, of a most transcendant jurisdiction, anciently authorized by the bishop of Winchester, at a fair held on St. Giles' hills near that

In old English law. A kind of justices appointed by King Edward I. upon occasion of great disorders in the realm, during his absence in the Scotch and French wars. They were a kind

jnstltiare, I. I In old English law. To justice; to do justice or right; to compel a person to appear in court Justiciari: to be justiced; to have justice.

L L In old English law. ■ Judicature, prerogative or jurisdiction.

The killing of a human creature without fault or blame, as by command of the law.

A showing of reason why an act complained of might lawfully be done; the procedure by which the competency or sufflciency of bail is made out

I. Justica Jastitla debet esse libera, quia niliil iniquius Yenali jnstitia; plena, qnia jnstitia non debet claudicare; et celeris, qnia dilatio est qnsedam neg'atio: justice ought

Speedy justice. Bract. 333b.

I I Justices. Jnstitiarii de Banco: justices of the Bench. Jnstitiai'ii de ntroqne Banco, or ntrinsqne Banci: justices of either Bench. Jnstitiarii regis de Banco apud Westmonaster

I. In the civil law. An intermission in the administration of justice; vacation time.

I. Just; right; lawful; according to law.

Garnishant—33—warning—defending. Moirent de disette—3i—die for Want—die in the Deserts. If the word defends made use of in a defendant’s plea had been considered as derived from th

I In old English law. Inferior clerks of chancery, so called.

The whole of a thing which is to he done. In this sense it is employed in the I Civil Code of Louisiana (article 2727): I "To build by plot, or to work by the job," says that artic

In general.—The term "job access and reverse commute project" means a transportation project to finance planning, capital, and operating costs that support the developmen

In commercial law. One who buys and sells articles for others. One who buys from importers, and sells to retailers. 4 Sandf. Ch. (N. Y.) 587. I I One who sells to any one who comes

The term "Job Corps" means the Job Corps described in section 2883 of this title. / The term “Job Corps” means the Job Corps described in section 3193 of this title .

The term "Job Corps center" means a center described in section 2887 of this title. / The term “Job Corps center” means a center described in section 3197 of this title .

The term “job-creating entity” means any organization formed in the United States for the ongoing conduct of lawful business, including sole proprietorship, partnership (whether li

The term “job finding club” means a job search workshop which includes a period (1 to 2 weeks) of structured, supervised activity in which participants attempt to obtain jobs.

What Congress has commanded is that any tests used must measure the person for the job and not the person in the abstract.

The term "jobs accelerator" means a jobs accelerator center or program located in or serving a low-income rural community that may provide co-working space, in-demand ski

The term “job search program” means a job search workshop or job finding club.

The term “job search workshop” means a short (1 to 3 days) seminar designed to provide participants with knowledge that will enable the participants to find jobs. Subjects are not

Jewels.

A small farm.

The term "jockey" means a rider or driver of a covered horse in covered horseraces.

In old English law. A little farm or manor. Cowell; Blount. JOCUS (Lat.) In old English law. A game I of hazard. Reg. Orig. 290. I I

A game of chance.

In old English practice. A divided game, risk, or hazard. An I arrangement which the parties to a suit Were anciently sometimes allowed to make by mutual agreement upon a certain h

King of England, 1199-1216.

A name given in legal proceedings to a party whose true name is unknown. It was the name which was usually given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff in the mixed action of ej

But there was an intermediate stage when the bail were required to be men of flesh and blood — money being of no consequence. Hence it became a regular profession to stand about th

A warrant of arrest which describes the defendant by a fictitious name.

The name which was usually given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff in the mixed action of ejectment. He was sometimes called “Goodlitle.” So the Romans had their fictitious

September 20, 17S9; resigned June 29, 1795. John Rutledge, September 26, 1789; declined. William Cushing, September 27, 1789; died September 13, 1810. Robert H. Harrison, September

December 19, 1800; declined.

January 31, 1S01; died July 6, 1835. William Johnson, March 26, 1804; died August 11, 1834. Brockkolst Livingston, November 10, 1806; recommissioned January 16, 1807; died March 18

commissioned July 1, 1795, in the recess of Congress; on December 10, 1795, his nomination was sent to the Senate and rejected December 10, 1795.

To act jointly with another. See 96 Tex. 341, 97 Am. St. Rep. 911, 72 S. W. 583.

Joining; coupling; uniting. See Joint. Joinder in denmrrer. Accepting the issue tendered b)' defendant. See Dbmueree. Joinder of actions or causes of action. Stating more than one

A joining or uniting together; persons or things together; as of several persons as plaintiffs or defendants in one suit, or of several causes of action, or counts, in one declarat

The formal answer made to a demurrer at common law.

The formal acceptance of the tender of an issue of fact. See Similiter .

Accepting the issue, and mode of trial tendered, either by demurrer, error, or issue, in fact, by the opposite party.

Joinder of two or more causes of action in the same complaint or declaration.

See "Joinder of Actions."

In proceedings on a writ of error in criminal cases, the joinder of error is a written denial of the errors alleged in the assignment of errors. It answers to a joinder of issue in

The acceptance by one party of an issue of fact tendered by the other.

If the plaintiff alleges that the concurrent negligence of the railroad company and its employee... was the cause of his injury, he has a right to join them in one action. If he el

The uniting of several distinct offenses in one indictment or information.

The uniting of two or more persons as coparties, either plaintiff or defendant.

United; sharing an interest; sharing liability.

An action brought by two or more as plaintiffs, or against two or more as defendants.

The general rule certainly is, that if two or more persons are sued in a joint action, the Plaintiff cannot proceed to obtain a judgment against one alone, but must wait until the