JOB
The whole of a thing which is to be done. “To build by plot, or to work by the job, is to undertake a building for a certain stipulated price.” Civ. Code
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The whole of a thing which is to be done. “To build by plot, or to work by the job, is to undertake a building for a certain stipulated price.” Civ. Code
The original signification of this word was a day’s travel. It is now applied to a travel by land from place to place, without restriction of time. But, when thus applied, It
Lat. In the civil law. Ordinary judiccs; the common judiccs appointed to try causes, and who, according to HIackstone, determined only questions of fact. 3 Bl. Comm. 315.
In the civil law. Beasts of burden; animals used for carrying bur dens. This word did not include “oxen.” Dig. 32, 65, 5.
In Scotch law. A description of caution (security) sometimes offered in a suspension or advocation where the couiplainer is not in circumstances to offer any better. Bell.
In practice. A certain number of men, selected according to law, and sworn (jurati) to inquire of certain matters of fact, and declare the truth upon evidence to be laid before them.
law each people has settled for itself is peculiar to the state itself, and is called “jus civile,” as being peculiar to that very state. The law, again, that natural reason has
rites and religious ceremonies of the different peoples.
An unknown law. This term is applied by the civilians to obsolete laws. Bowyer, Mod. Civil Law, 33.
In maritime law. The right of port or harbor.
The right of representing or standing in the place of another, or of being represented by another.
Tbe old form of justice. Blount.
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.