Category: J

The right of navigating or navigation; the right of commerce by ships or by sea. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 3.

The right of property, as distinguished from the jus pos- sessionis, or right of possession. Bract, fol. 3. Called by Bracton “jus mcrum,” the mere right. Id.; 2 Bl. Comm. 197; 3

The right to use property without destroying its substance. It is employed in contradistinction to the jus abutendi. 3 Toullier, no. 86.

An old name for a judge or justice. The word is formed on the analogy of the Latin “justiciarius” and French “justicier.”

A dav on which the court is actually in session. Heffner v. Heffner. 48 La. Ann. 1088, 20 South. 2S1

A day proper for the transaction of business in court; one on which the court may lawfully sit. excluding Sundays and some holidays.