Category: J

adj. Pertaining or relating to the courts of justice, to the judicial department of government, or to the administration of justice.

Younger. This has been held to be no part of a man’s name, but an addition by use, and a convenient distinction between a father and son of the same name. Cobb

A jurist; a person skilled in the science of law, particularly of international or public law.

The right to abuse. By this phrase is understood the right to do exactly as one likes with property, or having full dominion over property. 3 Toul- lier, no. 80.

In old English law. The right of coining money. 2 How. State Tr. 118.

In the civil law. A future right; an inchoate, incipient, or expectant right, not yet fully vested. It may l e either “jus dclatum,” when the subsequent acquisition or vesting of it

The right of a husband; especially the right which a husband acquires to his wife’s movable estate by virtue of the marriage. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 1, p. 03.

In the civil law. A right to a thing held for another, for which there was no remedy by legal action, but only by entreaty or request. 2 Bl. Comm. 328.

Strict law; law interpreted without any modification, and In its utmost rigor. Jns superveniens a lie tori accrescit snc- ccssori. A right growing to a possessor ac- crues to the successor. Halk.

In English law. Justices or judges who usually resided in Westminister. They were so called to distinguish them from justices iu eyre. Co. Litt. 293.

In the civil law. A throwing of goods overboard in a storm; jettison. Loss from such a cause. Calvin.

In old records. Yeoman. Cowell ; Blount

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

ffiUS, JUDEUS. Lat. A Jew.

The name commonly given to the act of congress of September 24, 1789, (1 St. at Large, 73,) by which the system of federal courts was organized, and their powers and jurisdiction

In medical jurisprudence. This plant is commonly called “savin.”

Lat In Roman law. An expert in juridical science; a person thoroughly versed in the laws, who was habitually resorted to, for information and advice, both by private persons as his clients,

The right of survivorship. The right of the survivor or survivors of two or more joint tenants to the tenancy or estate, upon the death of one or more of the joint

In English law. The right of curtesy. Spelman.

The law of nations. That law which natural reason has established among all men is equally observed among all nations, and is called the “law of nations,” as being the law which