Category: J

The weight of a past offense is never increased by a subsequent fact. Bacon.

Lawful age; the age of twenty-five. Dig. 3. 5, 27. pr.; Id. 26, 2. 32. 2; Id. 27, 7, 1, pr.

In parliamentary practice, a joint ballot is an election or vote by ballot participated in by the members of both houses of a legislative assembly sitting together as one body, the result

In English law. Joint- stock companies for the purpose of banking. They are regulated, according to the date of their incorporation, by charter, or by 7 Geo. IV. c. 46; 7 &

A barrister under the rank of queen’s counsel. Also the junior of two counsel employed on the same side in a case. Mozley & Whitley.

A joint committee of a legislative body comprising two chambers is a committee consisting of representatives of each of the two houses, meeting and acting together as one committee.

A joint contract is one made by two or more promisors, who are jointly bound to fulfill its obligations, or made to two or more promisees, who are jointly entitled to require

This differs from a joint-stock company in being regularly incorporated, instead of being a mere partnership, but resembles it in having a capital divided into shares of stock. Most business corporations (as

The younger of the counsel employed on the same side of a case, or the one lower in standing or rank, or who is entrusted with the less important parts of the

Persons jointly entitled to require satisfaction of the same debt or demand.

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.

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

Pertaining or belonging to, or characteristic of, jurisprudence, or a Jurist, or the legal profession.

The law of war. The law of nations as applied to a state of war, defining in particular the rights and duties of the belligerent powers themselves, and of neutral nations. The

A double right; the right of possession united with the right of property; otherwise called “droit-droit.” 2 Bl. Comm. 199. Jus est ars boni et aequi. Law is tile science of what

In the civil law. The law of immunity or exemption from the burden of public office. Dig. 50, 6.