Category: J

In Roman law, the right of subrogation, that is, the right of succeeding to the lien and priority of an elder creditor on tendering or paying into court the amount due to

A right to ask or recover ; for example, in an obligation there is a binding of the obligor, and a jus quasi- turn in the obligee. 1 Bell, Comm. 323.

In old English law. A certain measure of liquor, being as much as was sufficient to drink at once. Mon. Angl. t 1, e. 149.

In Spanish law. The name anciently given to a high judicial magistrate, or supreme judge, who was the ultimate interpreter of the laws, and possessed other high powers.

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.

The civil law of Papirius. The title of the earliest collection of Roman leges euriatce, said to have been made in the time of Tarquin, the last of the kings, by a

The old law of Rome, that was applicable originally to patricians only, and, under the Twelve Tables, to the entire Roman people, was so called, in contradistinction to the jus prwtorium, (

In old English practice. To do justice; to see justice done; to summon one to do justice

Exercises between martial men and persons of houor, with spears, on horseback; different from tournaments, which were military exercises between many men in troops. 24 Hen. VIII. c. 13. Justum non est

Lat. In the civil law. To subscribe an accusation. To bind one’s self, in case of failure to prove an accusation, to suffer the same punishment which the ac- cused would have

In Hindu law. A written schedule of the whole of an assessment.