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JURATOR
A juror; a compurgator, (q. v.) Juratores debent esse vicini, suffici-entes, et minus suspecti. Jurors ought to be neighbors, of sufficient estate, and free from suspicion. Jenk. Cent 141. Jura tores sunt judiees facti. Jenk. Gent 61. Juries are the judges of fact

A juror; a compurgator, (q. v.) Juratores debent esse vicini, suffici-entes, et minus suspecti. Jurors ought to be neighbors, of sufficient estate, and free from suspicion. Jenk. Cent 141. Jura tores sunt judiees facti. Jenk. Gent 61. Juries are the judges of fact Less...
JURATORY CAUTION
In Scotch law. A description of caution (security) sometimes offered in a suspension or advocation where the complainer is not in circumstances to offer any better. BelL

In Scotch law. A description of caution (security) sometimes offered in a suspension or advocation where the complainer is not in circumstances to offer any better. BelL Less...
JURATS
In English law. Officers in the nature of aldermen, sworn for the government of many corporations. The twelve assistants vof the bailiff in Jersey are called "jurats."

In English law. Officers in the nature of aldermen, sworn for the government of many corporations. The twelve assistants vof the bailiff in Jersey are called "jurats." Less...
JURE
Lat By right; in right; by the law. -Jure belli. By the right or law of war. 1 Kent, Comm. 126: 1 C. Rob. Adm. 289.-Jure civlli. By the civil law. Inst. 1, 3, 4; 1 Bl. Comm. 423.-Jure coronas. In right of the crown.-Jure divino. By divine right. 1 More...

Lat By right; in right; by the law. -Jure belli. By the right or law of war. 1 Kent, Comm. 126: 1 C. Rob. Adm. 289.-Jure civlli. By the civil law. Inst. 1, 3, 4; 1 Bl. Comm. 423.-Jure coronas. In right of the crown.-Jure divino. By divine right. 1 Bl. Comm. 191.-Jure ecolesise. In right of the church. 1 Bl. Comm. 401.-Jure emphyteuti-co. By the right or law of emphyteusis. 3 BL Comm. 232. See EMPHYTEUSIS.-Jure gentium. By the law of nations. Inst. 1, 3, 4; 1 Bl. Comm. 423.-Jure propinquitatis. By right of propinquity or nearness. 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 1019, ? 2398.-Jure representation-is. By right of representation; in the right of another person. 2 Bl. Comm. 224, 517; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 1019, ? 2398.-Jure u-oris. In right of a wife. 3 BL Comm. 210. Jure natures sequum est neminem onm alterius detrimento et injuria fieri loou-pletiorem. By the law of nature it is not just that any one should be enriched by the detriment or Injury of another. Dig. 50, 17, 206. Jnri non est consonum qnod aliqnis accessorial in curia regis eonrinoatur anteqnam aliqnis de facto fuerit attino-tus. It is not consonant to justice that any accessary should be convicted in the king's court before any one has# been attainted of the fact 2 Inst 183. Less...
JURIDICAL
Relating to administration of justice, or office of a judge. Regular; done in conformity to the laws of the country and the practice which is there observed. -Juridical days. Days in court on which the laws are administered.-Juridical evidenoe. Such as is proper to be adduced before, and considered by. More...

Relating to administration of justice, or office of a judge. Regular; done in conformity to the laws of the country and the practice which is there observed. -Juridical days. Days in court on which the laws are administered.-Juridical evidenoe. Such as is proper to be adduced before, and considered by. the courts of justice. See Mead v. Ilusted, 52 Conn. 53, 52 Am. Rep. 554. Less...
JURIDICUS
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 are open.

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 are open. Less...
JURIS
Lat Of right; of law. -Juris et de jure. Of law and of right A presumption juris et de jure, or an Irrebuttable presumption, is one which the law will not suffer to be rebutted by any counter-evidence, but establishes as conclusive: while a presumption juris tantum is one which More...

Lat Of right; of law. -Juris et de jure. Of law and of right A presumption juris et de jure, or an Irrebuttable presumption, is one which the law will not suffer to be rebutted by any counter-evidence, but establishes as conclusive: while a presumption juris tantum is one which holds good in the absence of evidence to the contrary, but may be rebutted.-Juris et seisinse oonjunotio. The union of seisin or possession and the right of possession, forming a complete title. 2 BL Comm. 199, 311.-Juris pasitivi. Of positive law; a regulation or requirement of positive law, as distinguished from natural or divine law. 1 BL Comm. 439; 2 Steph. Comm. 286. -Juris privati. Of private right; subjects of private property. Hale, Anal. ? 23.-Juris public!. Of common right; of common or public use; such things as, at least in their own use, are common to all the king's subjects; as common highways, common bridges, common rivers, and common ports. Hale, Anal. ? 23. -Juris utrum. In English law. An abolish* ed writ which lay for the parson of a church whose predecessor had alienated the lands and tenements thereof. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 48. Juris affeotus in execution? consist!!. The effect of the law consists in the execution. Co. Litt. 2896. Juris ignorantia est onm jus nostrum ignoramus. It is ignorance of the law when we do not know our own rights. Haven v. Foster, 9 Pick. (Mass.) 130, 19 Am. Dec. 353. Juris prsecepta snnt nssot Honeste vi-Tere; alterum non lsedere; suum ouiqne tribuere. These are the precepts of the law: To live honorably; to hurt nobody; to render to every one his due. Inst 1, 1, 3; 1 BL Comm. 40. Less...
JURISCONSULT
A jurist; a person skilled in the science of law, particularly of international or public law.

A jurist; a person skilled in the science of law, particularly of international or public law. Less...
JURISCONSULTUS
Lat. In Roman law. An expert in juridical science; a person thoroughly versed in the laws, who was habitually resorted to, for information and advice, both by private persons as his clients, and also by the magistrates, advocates, and others employed in administering justice. Jurisdietio est potestas de pnblioo in-, More...

Lat. In Roman law. An expert in juridical science; a person thoroughly versed in the laws, who was habitually resorted to, for information and advice, both by private persons as his clients, and also by the magistrates, advocates, and others employed in administering justice. Jurisdietio est potestas de pnblioo in-, trodueta, onm necessitate juris dicendi. Jurisdiction is a power introduced for the public good, on account of the necessity of dispensing justice. 10 Coke, 73a. Less...
JURISDICTION
The power and authority constitutionally conferred upon (or constitutionally recognized as existing iu& court or judge to pronounce the sentence of the law, or to award the remedies provided by law, upon a state of facts, proved or admitted, referred to the tribunal for decision, and authorized by law to More...

The power and authority constitutionally conferred upon (or constitutionally recognized as existing iu& court or judge to pronounce the sentence of the law, or to award the remedies provided by law, upon a state of facts, proved or admitted, referred to the tribunal for decision, and authorized by law to be the subject of Investigation or action by that tribunal, and in favor of or against persons (or a res) who present themselves, or who are brought, before the court in some manner sanctioned by law as proper and sufficient 1 Black, Judgm. ? 215. And see Nenno v. Railroad Co., 105 Mo. App. 540, 80 S. W. 24; Ingram v. Fuson, 118 Ky. 882, 82 S. W. 606; Tod v. Crisman, 123 Iowa, 693, 99 N. W. 686; Harrigan v. Gilchrist 121 Wis. 127, 99 N. W. 909; Wight-man v. Karsner, 20 Ala. 451; Reynolds v. Stockton, 140 U. S. 254, 11 Sup. Ct 773, 35 L. Ed. 464; Templeton v. Ferguson, 89 Tex. 47, 33 S. W. 329; Succession of Weigel, 17 La. Ann. 70. Jurisdiction is a power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate to take cognizance of and determine causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. U. S. v. Arredondo, 6 Pet. 691, 8 L. Ed. 547; Yates v. Lansing, 9 Johns. Less...

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