JUNIOR COUNSEL
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
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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.
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.
In the civil law. A throwing of goods overboard in a storm; jettison. Loss from such a cause. Calvin.
In old records. Yeoman. Cowell ; Blount
The name which was usually given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff in the mixed action of ejectment, lie was sometimes called “Goodtitle.” So the Romans had their fictitious personages in
ffiUS, JUDEUS. Lat. A Jew.
The name commonly given to the act of congress of September 24, 1789, (1 St. at Large, 73,) by which the system of federal courts was organized, and their powers and jurisdiction
In medical jurisprudence. This plant is commonly called “savin.”
Lat In Roman law. An expert in juridical science; a person thoroughly versed in the laws, who was habitually resorted to, for information and advice, both by private persons as his clients,
The right of survivorship. The right of the survivor or survivors of two or more joint tenants to the tenancy or estate, upon the death of one or more of the joint
In English law. The right of curtesy. Spelman.
The law of nations. That law which natural reason has established among all men is equally observed among all nations, and is called the “law of nations,” as being the law which