Category: J

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

In Roman law. A right or privilege allowed to the parent of three or more children. 2 Kent, Comm. 85; 2 Bl. Comm. 247. These privileges were an exemption from the trouble

In English law. A writ directed to the sheriff, empowering him, for the sake of dispatch, to try an action in his county court for a larger amount than lie has the

See GAOL.

In English law. An officer of the custom-house who oversees the waiters. Techn. Diet.

Acting together or in concert or co-operation ; holding in common or interdependently, not separately. Reclamation Dist. v. Parvin, 67 Cal. 501, 8 Pac. 43; Gold & Stock Tel. Co. v. Commercial

A public oflicer, appointed to preside and to administer the law in a court of justice; the chief member of a court, and charged with the control of proceedings and the decision

In old English law. A watery place. Domesday; Cowell.

Lat. Plural of “jus.” Rights; laws. 1 Bl. Comm. 123. See Jus.

Lat. A student of the civil law.

The droit d’aubaine, (q. v.) See ALUINATUS JUS.