Category: J

A gold coin worth 24s., so called from James I., who was king when it was struck. Enc. Loud.

Yeomen retained by the sheriff to escort the judge of assize.

A little manor or farm. Cowell.

In English practice. The name of a writ (now obsolete) which might be sued out where a former writ had abated without the plaintiff’s fault. The length of time allowed for taking

Lat. In Roman law. Judicial proceedings; trials. Judicia publica, criminal trials. Dig. 48, 1. Judicia in curia regis non adnlhilen- tur, sed stent in robore suo quousque per crrorem ant attinctunx adnullentur.

United they aid. A portion of the maxim, “Qua: non valeant singula juncta juvant,” (q. v.,) frequently cited. 3 Man. & G. 99.

Lat. Relating to the courts or to the administration of justice; juridical ; lawful. Dies juridicus, a lawful day for the transaction of business in court; a day on which the courts

Lat In Roman law. Right; justice ; law; the whole body of law; also a right. The term is used in two meanings: 1. “Jus” means “law,” considered in the abstract; that

In the civil law. Common right; the common and natural rule of right, as opposed to jus singulare, (q. v.) Mackeld. Rom. Law,

In the civil law. The right to the use of rivers. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 6.

In Roman law. A rule of law applicable to magistrates in Latium. It was either majus Latium or minus Latium,

In the civil law. A present or vested right; a right already completely acquired. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

In the civil law. A peculiar or Individual rule, differing from the jus commune, or common rule of rigfit, and established for some special reason. Mackeld. Bom. Law,

In old English law. A judge or justice. One of several persons learned in the law, who sat in the aula regis, and formed a kind of court of appeal in cases

A false boasting; a false claim; assertions repeated to the prejudice of another’s right. The species of defamation or disparagement of another’s title to real estate known at common law as “slander

In Scotch law. Jailer or gaoler. 1 I’ltc. Criin. Tr. pt. 1, p. 33.

In old English law. A game of hazard. Keg. Orig. 200.

Lat. In the civil law. To order, direct, or command. Calvin. The word jubeo, (I order.) iu a will, was called a “word of direction.” as distinguished from “precatory words.” Cod. 6,

Belonging to the office of a judge; as judicial authority. Relating to or connected with the administration of justice; as a judicial officer. Having the character of judgment or formal legal procedure;

In old English law. To join the duelluin; to engage iu the combat. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 21,