Category: J

The right of the sword; the executory power of the law; the right, power, or prerogative of punishing for crime. 4 Bl. Comm. 177.

The law of nature. See Jrs NATURAI.E.

Private law; the law regulating the rights, conduct, and affairs of individuals, as distinguished from “public” law, which relates to the constitution and functions of government and the administration of criminal justice.

In Roman law. A name applied to the Roman law of wills, in the time of Justinian, on account of its threefold derivation, viz., from the pra:- torian edict, from the civil

In English law. Justices in eyre, who formerly went from county to county to administer justice. They were so called to distinguish tliem from justices residing at Westminister, who were called “justicii

In Hindu law. Total amount; collection; assembly. The total of a territorial assignment.

The act of throwing overboard from a vessel part of the cargo, in case of extreme danger, to lighten the ship. The same name is also given to the thing or things

In old English law. As much land as could be plowed in one day. Spelman.

A judgment in rem is an adjudication, pronounced upon the status of some particular subject-matter, by a tribunal having competent authority for that purpose. It differs from a judgment in personam, in

An acre. Co. Litt. 5b. As much as a yoke (jugurn) of oxen could plow in one day.

Lat. To swear; to take an oath. Jurare est Deum in testem vocare, et est actns divini cultus. 3 Inst. 105. To swear is to call God to witness, and is an

Lat. Skilled or learned in the law.

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. Justices or judges who usually resided in Westminister. They were so called to distinguish them from justices iu eyre. Co. Litt. 293.

Lat. In the civil law. To subscribe an accusation. To bind one’s self, in case of failure to prove an accusation, to suffer the same punishment which the ac- cused would have