Category: J

Lat. In Roman law. Judicial proceedings; trials. Judicia publica, criminal trials. Dig. 48, 1. Judicia in curia regis non adnlhilen- tur, sed stent in robore suo quousque per crrorem ant attinctunx adnullentur.

United they aid. A portion of the maxim, “Qua: non valeant singula juncta juvant,” (q. v.,) frequently cited. 3 Man. & G. 99.

Lat. Relating to the courts or to the administration of justice; juridical ; lawful. Dies juridicus, a lawful day for the transaction of business in court; a day on which the courts

Lat In Roman law. Right; justice ; law; the whole body of law; also a right. The term is used in two meanings: 1. “Jus” means “law,” considered in the abstract; that

In the civil law. Common right; the common and natural rule of right, as opposed to jus singulare, (q. v.) Mackeld. Rom. Law,

In the civil law. The right to the use of rivers. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 6.

In Roman law. A rule of law applicable to magistrates in Latium. It was either majus Latium or minus Latium,

In the civil law. A present or vested right; a right already completely acquired. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

In the civil law. A peculiar or Individual rule, differing from the jus commune, or common rule of rigfit, and established for some special reason. Mackeld. Bom. Law,

In old English law. A judge or justice. One of several persons learned in the law, who sat in the aula regis, and formed a kind of court of appeal in cases

A false boasting; a false claim; assertions repeated to the prejudice of another’s right. The species of defamation or disparagement of another’s title to real estate known at common law as “slander

In Scotch law. Jailer or gaoler. 1 I’ltc. Criin. Tr. pt. 1, p. 33.

In old English law. A game of hazard. Keg. Orig. 200.

Lat. In the civil law. To order, direct, or command. Calvin. The word jubeo, (I order.) iu a will, was called a “word of direction.” as distinguished from “precatory words.” Cod. 6,

Belonging to the office of a judge; as judicial authority. Relating to or connected with the administration of justice; as a judicial officer. Having the character of judgment or formal legal procedure;

In old English law. To join the duelluin; to engage iu the combat. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 21,

Lat Of right; of law.

The right of renunciation; the right of an heir, under the Roman law, to renounce or decline the inheritance, as, for example, where his acceptance, in consequence of the necessity of paying

In English law. The right of the crown, or to the crown; the right of succession to the throne. 1 Bl. Comm. 191; 2 Steph. Comm. 434.

In the civil and old English law. A right of digging on another’s land. Inst 2, 3, 2; Bract, fol. 222