Category: J

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.

A commercial or maritime enterprise undertaken by several persons jointly; a limited partnership,

A Norman French term signifying “grandfather.” It is also spelled “aieul” and “ayle.” Kelham.

Equity follows the law. Gilb. 1S6.

Lat. In old English law. It lies in the mouth. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 5,

In old English law. A door-keeper. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 24. In modern law. A janitor is understood to lie a person employed to take charge of rooms or buildings, to see

One who buys and sells goods for others; one who buys or sells on the stock exchange; a dealer in stocks, shares, or securities.

In English law. Regrators of yarn. 8 Hen. VI. c. 5.

Lat. Ill the civil law. The ordinary judiccs appointed by the pnetor to try causes.

To abscond, withdraw, or secrete one’s self, in violation of the obligation of a bail-bond. The expression is colloquial, and is applied only to the act of the principal.

In English law. Officers in the nature of aldermeu, sworn for the gov- ernment of many corporations. The twelve assistants of the baililf in Jersey are called “jurats.”

A juror: one who is impaneled on a jury.

The right of citizenship ; the freedom of the city of Rome. It differs from jus quiritium, which comprehended all the privileges of a free native of Rome. The difference is much

In the civil law. A right in trust; as distinguished from jus Icgitimum, a legal right. 2 Bl. Comm. 328.