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  • JAIL
    A gaol; a prison; a building designated by law, or regularly used, for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody. State v. Bryan, 89 N. C. 534. See GAOL. '
  • JAIL DELIVERY
    See GAOL.
  • JAIL LIBERTIES
    See GAOL.
  • JAILER
    A keeper or warden of a prison or Jail.
  • JAMBEAUX
    In old English and feudal law. Leg-armor. Blount
  • JAMMA, JUMMA
    In Hindu law. Total amount; collection; assembly. The total of a territorial assignment.
  • JAMMABUNDY, JUMMABUNDY
    In Hindu law. A written schedule of the whole of an assessment
  • JAMPNUM
    Furze, or grass, or ground where furze grows; as distinguished from "arable," "pasture," or the like. Co. Litt 5a.
  • JAMUNLINGI, JAMUNDILINGI
    Freemen who delivered themselves and property to the protection of a more powerful person, in order to avoid military service and other burdens. Spelman. Also a species of serfs among the Germans. Du Cange. The same as cowmen dati*
  • JANITOR
    In old English law. A door-keeper. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 24. In modern law. A janitor is understood to be a person employed to take charge of rooms or buildings, to see that they are kept clean and in order, to lock and unlock them, and generally to care for More...
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