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

Public officers invested with judicial powers for the purpose of preventing breaches of the peace, and bringing to punishment those who have violated the law. 58 N. Y. 530. They ha

See Quorum.

The justices of the court of common bench or common pleas.

Justices appointed by Edward I. during his absence in the Scotch and French wars, about the year 1305. They were so styled, it is said, from trailing or drawing the baston (q. v.),

A sort of justice in eyre, with large and summary I powers, appointed by Edw. I. during his absence in war. Old. Nat. Brev. fol. 52; 12 Coke, 25. For derivation, see Cowell.

v. In old English practice. Todo justice; tosee justice done; tosummon one to do justice.

In English law. This title is now usually coupled with that of justices of assize; the judges of the superior courts acting on their circuits in both these capacities. 8 Bl. Comm.

Hundredors; lords of the hundreds; they who had the jurisdiction of hundreds and

not justiciable—that is to say that Congress by this Act has foreclosed resort to the courts for enforcement of the claims asserted by the parties

Until the right asserted is threatened with invasion by acts of the state, which serve both to define the controversy and to establish its existence in the judicial sense, there is

To constitute such a controversy, it must appear that the complaining State has suffered a wrong through the action of the other State, furnishing ground for judicial redress, or i

or JUSTICIER. In old English law. A judge or justice. Baker, fol. 118; Cron. Angl. One of several persons learned in the law, who sat in the OMla regis, and formed a kind of court

in ancient times the secthe' Chief Justice of the K. B. empowering the sheriff to try over 40 s. were involved. sufficiency of bail. neganda est, I. Justice is not to Justiciarii i

Justices in eyre, which see.

In English law. Justices in eyre, who formerly went from county to county to administer justice. They were so called to distinguish them from justices residing at Westminister, who

The judges residing at Westminster.

or JUSTITIARIUS (Law Lat.) In old English law. A justice. Magna Charta, 9 Hen. III. cc. 12, 13.

Another name for a judge. In Latin, he was called justicairius, and in French justicier. Not used. Brae. Abr. "Courts" (A).

The chief criminal court of Scotland. JUSTICIATUS (Law Lat. from justiciare, q. V.) In old English law. Judicature, prerogative, or jurisdiction. Blount. JUSTICIES (from justiciare

An old writ authorizing a sheriff to bring a cause to trial in the court of his county.

Rightful; warranted or sanctioned by law; that which can be shown to be sustained by law; as justifiable homicide. See Homicide.

Justifiable homicide is the necessary killing of another in the performance of the legal duty, or the exercise of a legal right, the slayer not being at all in fault. Homicide is j

An intentional trespass for which one is in law exonerated.

In Torts. Facts making the act charged legally justiflabla legal right to do the act complained of by the plaintiflf. Justification admits the doing of the act charged as a wrong,

the key word 'justification' can be read no more broadly than to allow rebuttal of the respective offenses in one of the ways expressly made available by Congress. Thus, a discrimi

A kind of compurgators, or those who, by oath, justified the innocence or oaths of others, as in the case of wagers of law.

To make out, or establish according to law,— particularly the sufficiency of bail.

In practice. The production of bail in court, who there justify themselves against the exception of the plaintiff. See "Bail." JUSTITIA (Lat.) Justice; a jurisdiction, or the offic

In Roman Law. An urban servitude which gave the right of inserting a beam into the wall of another.

Same as Corpus juris civilis.

A civllian; one who studies the civll law.

Judicature; prerogative.

Justice.

QUIA nihil inlquius venal! justitia; plena, quia Justitia non debt ciaudicare; et celeris, quia dilatio est quaedam negatio. Justice ought to be unbought, because nothing is more h

Justice ought to be free, because nothing is more iniquitous than venal justice; full, because justice ought not to waiver; and speedy, because delay is a sort of denial.

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

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-

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

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.

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.

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,

The term “K-12 education” means elementary school and secondary school education provided by local educational agencies, as such agencies are defined in section 7801 of title 20 .

A person who, in oriental states, supplies the place of our notary public. All obligations, to be valid, are drawn by him; and he is also the public weigh-master, and everything of

In Hindu law. A written agreement, especially one signifying assent, as the counterpart of a revenue lease or the document in which a payer of revenue, whether to the government, t

A Turkish civil magistrate.

A key, kay or quay. Spelman.

A wharfage-dun.

or KAIAGIUM. A whartfage-due,

In Scotch law. A payment of fowls, etc., reserved in a lease. It is derived from canum, a word used in ancient grants to signify fowls or animals deliverable by the vassal to his s

An pmperor.

A duty paid by shopkeepers in Hindostan, who retail spirituous liquors; also the place where spirituous liquors are sold. Wharton.

In English ecolesiastical law. Rural chapters or conventions of the rural deans and parochial clergy, which were formerly held on the calends of every month; hence the name. Paroch

Rural chapters, or conventions of the rural deans and parochial clergy, which were formerly held on the calends of every month; hence the name. Par. Ant. 604.