Category: J

The power and authority constitutionally conferred upon (or constitutionally recognized as existing in) a court or judge to pronounce the sentence of the law, or to award the remedies provided by law,

A term of the civil law, meaning “a right to a thing;” that is, a right exercisable by one person over a particular article of property in virtue of a contract or

To give or to make the law; the function and prerogative of the legisla- tive department

The right of the sword; the executory power of the law; the right, power, or prerogative of punishing for crime. 4 Bl. Comm. 177.

The law of nature. See Jrs NATURAI.E.

Private law; the law regulating the rights, conduct, and affairs of individuals, as distinguished from “public” law, which relates to the constitution and functions of government and the administration of criminal justice.

In Roman law. A name applied to the Roman law of wills, in the time of Justinian, on account of its threefold derivation, viz., from the pra:- torian edict, from the civil

Judicature; prerogative.

A gaol; a prison; a building designated by law, or regularly used, for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody. State v. Bryan, 89 N. C. 034. See GAOL.

Danger; hazard; perilJeopardy is the danger of conviction and punishment which the defendant in a crim- inal action incurs when a valid indictment has been found, and a petit jury has been

United; combined; undivided; done by or against two or more unitedly; shared by or between two or more. A “joint” bond, note, or other obligation is one in which the obligors or

Lat. In Roman law. A private person appointed by tlie pra’tor, with the consent of the parties, to try and decide a cause or action commenced before him. He received from the

Lat. Judicial authority or jurisdiction; a court or tribunal; a judicial hearing or other proceeding; a verdict or judgment; a proceeding before a judex or judge. State v. Whitford, 54 Wis. 150,

A select council for taking cognizance of affairs of great consequence requiring secrecy; a cabal olfaction. This was a popular nickname applied to the Whig ministry in England, between 1693-1696. They clung

Pertaining or relating to jurisdiction; conferring jurisdiction ; showing or disclosing jurisdiction; defining or limiting jurisdiction; essential to jurisdiction.

A body of laws drawn up by Sextus vElius, and consisting of three parts, wherein were explained, respectively: (1) The laws of the Twelve Tables; (2) the Interpretation of and decisions upon

In the civil law. The right of deliberating. A term granted by the proper officer at the request of him who is called to the inheritance, (the heir,) within which he has

The right to have a thing. The right to be put in actual possession of property. Lewin, Trusts, 5S5.

The natural law, or law of nature; law, or legal principles, supposed to be discoverable by the light of nature or abstract reasoning, or to be taught by nature to all nations

I11 the civil law. The name of a servitude which consists in the right to build a projection, such as a balcony or gallery, from one’s house iu the open space belonging