Right; in accordance with law and justice.
"The words 'just' and 'justly* do not always mean 'just' and 'justly* in a moral sense, but they not unfrequently, in their connection with other words in a sentence, bear a very different signification. It is evident, however, that the word 'lust' in
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Right; in accordance with law and justice.
"The words 'just' and 'justly* do not always mean 'just' and 'justly* in a moral sense, but they not unfrequently, in their connection with other words in a sentence, bear a very different signification. It is evident, however, that the word 'lust' in the statute [requiring an affidavit for an attachment to state that plaintiff's claim is just] means 'just' in a moral sense; and from its isolation, being made a separate subdivision of the section, it is intend-, ed to mean 'morally just' in the most emphatic terms. The claim must be morally just, as well as legally just, in order to entitle a party to an attachment." Robinson v. Burton, 5 Kan. * 300. .
-Just cause. Legitimate cause; legal or lawful ground for action; such reasons as will suffice in law to justify the action taken. State v. Baker, 112 La. 801. 36 South. 703; Claiborne v. Railroad Co., 46 W. Va. 371, 33 S. E. 265.-Just compensation. As used in the constitutional provision that private property shall not be taken for public use without "just compensation," this phrase means a full and fair equivalent for the loss sustained by the taking for public use. It may be more or it may be less than the mere money value of the property actually taken. The exercise of tbe power being necessary for the public good, and all property being held subject to its exercise when and as the public good requires it it
would be unjust to the public that it should be required to pay the owner more than a fair indemnity for the loss he sustains by the appropriation of his property for the general good. On the other hand, it would be equally unjust to the owner if he should receive less than a fair indemnity for such loss. To arrive at this fair indemnity, the interests of the public and of the owner, and all the circumstances of the particular appropriation, should be taken into consideration. Lewis. Em. Dom. ? 462. And see Butler Hard Rubber Co. v. Newark, 61 N. J. Law, 32, 40 Atl. 224: Trinity College v. Hartford, 32 Conn. 452; Bauman v. Ross, 167 U. S. 548, 17 Sup. Ct. 966, 42 L. Ed. 270; Putnam v. Douglas County, 6 Or. 332, 25 Am. Rep. 527; Laflin v. Railroad Co. (C. C.) 33 Fed. 417; Newman v. Metropolitan El. R. Co., 118 N. Y. 623, 23 N. E. 901, 7 L. R. A. 289; Monongahela Nav. Co. v. U. S., 148 U. S. 312> 13 Sup. Ct. 622, 37 L. Ed. 463; Railway Co. v. Stickney, 150 111. 362, 37 N. Bl 1098, 26 L. R. A. 773; Chase v. Portland, 86 Me. 367, 29 Atl. 1104; Spring Valley Waterworks v. Drinkhouae, 92 Cal. 536, 28 Pac. 683.-Just debts. As used in a will or a statute, this term means legal, valid, and incontestable obligations, not including such as are barred by the statute of limitations or voidable at the election of the party. See Burke v. Jones, 2 Ves. & B. 275; Martin v. Gage, 9 N. Y. 401: Peck v. Botsford, 7 Conn. 176. 18 Am. Dec. 92; Collamore v. Wilder, 19 Kan. 82; Smith v. Mayo, 9 Mass. 63, 6 Am. Dec. 28; People v. Tax Com'rs, 99 N. Y. 154, 1 N. E. 401.-Just title. By the term "just title," in cases of prescription, we do not understand that which the possessor may have derived from the true owner, for then no true prescription would be necessary, but a title which the possessor may have received from any person whom he honestly believed to be the real owner, provided the title were such as to transfer the ownership of the property. Civ. Code La. art. 3484; Davis v. Gaines, 104 U. S. 400. 26 L. Ed. 757: Sunol v. Hepburn, 1 Cal. 254Kennedy v. Townslev. 16 Ala. 248.- Just value. In taxation, the fair, honest, and reasonable value of property, without exaggeration or depreciation: its actual market value. State v. Smith, 158 Ind. 543, 63 N. E. 214, 63 L. R. A. 116; Winnipiseogee Lake, etc, Co. v. Gilford, 67 N. H. 514, 35 Atl. 945.
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