Category: J

The right of navigating or navigation; the right of commerce by ships or by sea. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 3.

The right of property, as distinguished from the jus pos- sessionis, or right of possession. Bract, fol. 3. Called by Bracton “jus mcrum,” the mere right. Id.; 2 Bl. Comm. 197; 3

The right to use property without destroying its substance. It is employed in contradistinction to the jus abutendi. 3 Toullier, no. 86.

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

An abbreviation for “Jacobus,” the Latin form of the name James; used princi- pally in citing statutes enacted in the reigns of the English kings of that name; e. g., “St. 1

Furze, or grass, or ground where furze grows; as distinguished from “arable,” “pasture,” or the like. Co. Litt. 5a.

By “jewels” are meant ornaments of the person, such as ear-rings, pearls, diamonds, etc., which are prepared to be worn. See Com. v. Stephens, 14 Pick. (Mass.) 373; Bobbins v. Bobertson (C.

A daily book; a book in which entries are made or events recorded from day to day. In maritime law, the journal (otherwise called “log” or “log-book”) is a book kept on

Lat. In the civil law. judging; the pronouncing of sentence, after hearing a cause. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. S, no. 7.

Lat. In the civil law. A yoke; a measure of land; as much land as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. Nov. 17, c. 8.

In old English law. A jury of twelve men sworn. Especially, a jury of the common law, as distinguished from the assisa. The jury clause in a nisi prius record, so called

One who is versed or skilled in law; answering to the Latin “jurisper- itus,” (q. v.) One who is skilled in the civil law, or law of nations. The term is now

The laws and customs of the West Saxons, in the time of the Heptarchy, by which the people were for a long time governed, and which were prefer- red before all others.

To declare the law; to say what the law is. The province of a court or judge. 2 Eden, 29; 3 P. Wins. 485.

In the civil and old English law. The right of drawing water. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 27,

In Roman law. The right of death, or of putting to death. A right which a father anciently had over his children. Jus non habenti tute non paretur. One who has no

In the civil law, The name of a servitude. It is a right by which a part of the roof or tiling of one house is made to extend over the adjoining

Lat. An oath.Jusjurandum inter alios factum neo noccre nec prodesse debet. An oath made between others ought neither to hurt nor profit. 4 Inst. 279.

The chief criminal court of Scotland, consisting of five lords of session, added to the justice general and justice clerk; of whom the justice general, and, in his absence, the justice clerk,

Lat. Lying in abeyance, as in the phrase “hmreditas jaccns,” which is an inheritance or estate lying vacant or in abeyance prior to the ascertainment of the heir or his assumption of