Category: J

See GAOL.

A large brass candlestick, usually hung in the middle of a church or choir. Cowell.

A woman who has an estate settled on her by her hus- band, to hold during her life, if she survive him. Co. Litt. 46.

A Cheshire juryman. Jacob.

In French law. A judge.

1. Pertaining to natural or positive right, or to the doctrines of rights and obligations; as “jural relations.” 2. Of or pertaining to jurisprudence; juristic ; juridical. 3. Recognized or sanctioned by

Lat. Skilled or learned in the law.

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.

A civilian; one who studies the civil law.