Category: J

A legal right In the civil law. A right which was enforceable in the ordinary course of law. 2 Bl. Comm. 328.

In the civil law. The discretion of the prator, as distinct from the leges, or standing laws. 3 Bl. Comm. 49. That kind of law which the pr;etors introduced for the purpose

In old European law. The law of staple; the right of staple. A right or privilege of certain towns of stopping imported merchandise, and compelling It to lie offered for sale in

In English law. Justices in eyre, who formerly went from county to county to administer justice. They were so called to distinguish tliem from justices residing at Westminister, who were called “justicii

Lost by default; tossed away. Cowell.

Summary justice inflicted upon a marauder or felon without a regular trial, equivalent to “lynch law.” So called from a Scotch town, near the English border, where raiders and cattle lifters wore

In old English practice. A divided game, risk, or hazard. An arrangement which the parties to a suit were anciently sometimes allowed to make by mutual agreement upon a certain hazard, as

In Spanish law. The privilege of a public officer to be retired, on account of infirmity or disability, retaining the rank and pay of his office (or part of the same) after

adj. Pertaining or relating to the courts of justice, to the judicial department of government, or to the administration of justice.

Younger. This has been held to be no part of a man’s name, but an addition by use, and a convenient distinction between a father and son of the same name. Cobb

A jurist; a person skilled in the science of law, particularly of international or public law.

The right to abuse. By this phrase is understood the right to do exactly as one likes with property, or having full dominion over property. 3 Toul- lier, no. 80.

In old English law. The right of coining money. 2 How. State Tr. 118.

In the civil law. A future right; an inchoate, incipient, or expectant right, not yet fully vested. It may l e either “jus dclatum,” when the subsequent acquisition or vesting of it

The right of a husband; especially the right which a husband acquires to his wife’s movable estate by virtue of the marriage. 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 1, p. 03.

In the civil law. A right to a thing held for another, for which there was no remedy by legal action, but only by entreaty or request. 2 Bl. Comm. 328.

Strict law; law interpreted without any modification, and In its utmost rigor. Jns superveniens a lie tori accrescit snc- ccssori. A right growing to a possessor ac- crues to the successor. Halk.

In English law. Justices or judges who usually resided in Westminister. They were so called to distinguish them from justices iu eyre. Co. Litt. 293.

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