Category: J

A term descriptive of goods which, by the act of the owner, have been voluntarily cast overboard from a vessel, in a storm or other emergency, to lighten the ship. 1 C.

In old English law. Land where rushes grow. Co. Litt. 5a.

Lat. In the civil and old English law. To judge; to decide or determine judicially; to give judgment or sentence.

In old records. A cutthroat or murderer. Cowell.

he clause written at the foot of an affidavit, stating when, where, and be- fore whom such affidavit was sworn. See U. S. v. McDermott. 140 U. S. 151, 11 Sup. Ct.

One who is versed or skilled in law; answering to the Latin “jurisper- itus,” (q. v.) One who is skilled in the civil law, or law of nations. The term is now

In old English law. The right of bench. The right or privilege of having an elevated and separate scat of judgment, anciently allowed only to the king’s judges, who hence were said

The right of disposing of realty by will. Du Cange.

In Roman law. The right to use or display pictures or statutes of ancestors; somewhat analogous to the right in English law, to bear a coat of arms.

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 old English and feudal law. Leg-armor. Blount.

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.