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Category: J

JUDICIAL IMMUNITY

term that describes the immunity that a judge has from civil liability for actions performed as a judge.

JOINT ENTERPRISE

the term used that describes an enterprise that is engaged in by 2 or more people with common interests and goals. See joint adventure; partnership.

JURY PROCESS

The method that a jury is summonsed and compelled to attend a court.

JAILBREAK

The term used to describe an escape from jail that is accompanied by violence and force.

JOURNALIST

These are called “shield laws” and are enacted to give journalists and media people the permission to decline to revel confidential information sources.

JUDGE ADVOCATE

a term given to an officer of a military court martial who can act as the prosecutor.

JOINT TENANCY

This term applies where land or property is owned by 2 or more people.

JUDGMENT CONDITIONAL

the term used when a decision is rendered as long as one of the parties carries out certain actions.

JUDGE DE FACTO

the name that is given to a judge who is serving from the result of a legitimate appointment or election.

JAYWALKING

the term that applies to crossing a street in the wrong place and walking diagonally across the road.

JUMPING BAIL

The term that issued when a person disappears before the trial and is in violation of posted bail.

JUNIOR CAPITAL POOL (JCP)

This practice, only regulated in Canada, is for a company issuing stock options instead of being an operational business structure.

JUST IN TIME MANUFACTURING

For quicker response to customer needs with no large finished goods or goods-in-process inventories, JIT inventory system is applied to production lines.

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