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Category: J

JOINTLY

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

JUDGE

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

JUDICIO SISTI

Lat. A caution, or security, given in Scotch courts for the defendant to abide judgment within the jurisdiction. Stim. Law Gloss. Judicis est in pronuntiando sequi reg- ulam, exceptione non probata. The

JUNK-SHOP

A shop where old cordage and ships’ tackle, old iron, rags, bottles, paper, etc., are kept aud sold. A place where odds and ends are purchased and sold. Charleston City Council v.

JUDICIAL DAY

A dav on which the court is actually in session. Heffner v. Heffner. 48 La. Ann. 1088, 20 South. 2S1

JURIDICAL DAY

A day proper for the transaction of business in court; one on which the court may lawfully sit. excluding Sundays and some holidays.

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