Category: J

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

In old English law. Mere or bare right; the mere right of property in lands, without either possession or even the right of possession. 2 Bl. Comm. 197; Bract, fol. 23.

The right of presentation.

The right of a third party. A tenant, bailee, etc., who pleads that the title is in some person other than his landlord, bailor, etc., is said to set up a jus

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

A throwing goods overboard to lighten or save tlie vessel, in which case the goods so sacrificed are a proper subject for general average. Dig. 14, 2, “de lege Illiodia de Jactu.”

I.. Fr. I have failed; I am in error. An error or oversight in pleading. Certain statutes are called “statutes of amendments and jeofailes” because, where a pleader perceives any slip in