Category: J

Pertaining or belonging to, or characteristic of, jurisprudence, or a Jurist, or the legal profession.

The law of war. The law of nations as applied to a state of war, defining in particular the rights and duties of the belligerent powers themselves, and of neutral nations. The

A double right; the right of possession united with the right of property; otherwise called “droit-droit.” 2 Bl. Comm. 199. Jus est ars boni et aequi. Law is tile science of what

In the civil law. The law of immunity or exemption from the burden of public office. Dig. 50, 6.

The civil law of Papirius. The title of the earliest collection of Roman leges euriatce, said to have been made in the time of Tarquin, the last of the kings, by a

The old law of Rome, that was applicable originally to patricians only, and, under the Twelve Tables, to the entire Roman people, was so called, in contradistinction to the jus prwtorium, (

In old English practice. To do justice; to see justice done; to summon one to do justice

Exercises between martial men and persons of houor, with spears, on horseback; different from tournaments, which were military exercises between many men in troops. 24 Hen. VIII. c. 13. Justum non est

Lat. In the civil law. To subscribe an accusation. To bind one’s self, in case of failure to prove an accusation, to suffer the same punishment which the ac- cused would have

In Hindu law. A written schedule of the whole of an assessment.

Fr. In French law. Speculation in the public funds or in stocks; gambling speculations on the stock exchange; dealings in “options” and “futures.”

A French word, signifying “day.” It is used in our old law-books; as “tout jours,” forever.

Lat. Persons in the county palatine of Chester, who, oil a writ of error, were to consider of the judgment given there, and reform it; otherwise they forfeited

In Spanish law. A trial or suit. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit 4, c. 1.

The act of swearing; the administration of an oath. Jurato creditur in judieio. He who makes oath is to be believed in judgment. 3 Inst. 79.

In old English law. A journey; a day’s traveliug. Cowell.

The canon law

In old English law. The right of mowing or cutting. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 27,

A right against a person; a right which gives its possessor a power to oblige another person to give or procure, to do or not to do, something.

In the civil and old English law. The right of pasturing cattle. Inst. 2, 3, 2; Bract, fols. 53&, 222