Legal Term Dictionary

Lat In the civil law. Select or selected judiees or judges; those who were used in criminal causes, and between whom and modern jurors many points of resemblance have been noticed. 3 Bl. Comm. 366. Jndlei officium suum ezoedenti non paretur. A judge exceeding his office Is not to be More...

Lat In the civil law. Select or selected judiees or judges; those who were used in criminal causes, and between whom and modern jurors many points of resemblance have been noticed. 3 Bl. Comm. 366. Jndlei officium suum ezoedenti non paretur. A judge exceeding his office Is not to be obeyed. Jenk. Cent p. 139, case 84. Said of void judgments. Judici satis poena est, qnod Deum hab-et ultorem. It is punishment enough for a judge that he has God as his avenger. 1 Leon. 295. Less...

Lat In Roman law. Judicial proceedings; trials. Judicia publico, criminal trials. Dig. 48, 1. Judicia in ouria regis non adnihilen-tur, sed stent in robore suo quousqne per errorem ant attinotnm adnullentur. Judgments in the king's courts are not to l>e annihilated, but to remain in force until annulled by error More...

Lat In Roman law. Judicial proceedings; trials. Judicia publico, criminal trials. Dig. 48, 1. Judicia in ouria regis non adnihilen-tur, sed stent in robore suo quousqne per errorem ant attinotnm adnullentur. Judgments in the king's courts are not to l>e annihilated, but to remain in force until annulled by error or attaint 2 Inst 539. Judicia in deliberatlonibns crebro ma-tnresonnt, in aoeolerato proeessn nunquam. Judgments frequently become matured by deliberations, never by hurried process or precipitation. 3 Inst. 210. Judicia posteriora sunt in lego f orti-ora. 8 Coke, 97. The later decisions are the stronger in law. Judicia sunt tanquam juris dicta, et pro veritate accipiuntur. Judgments are, as it were, the sayings of the law, and are received as truth. 2 Inst 537. Less...

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; as a judicial act Proceeding from a court of justice; as a judicial writ a judicial determination. -Judioial More...

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; as a judicial act Proceeding from a court of justice; as a judicial writ a judicial determination. -Judioial action. Action of a court upon a cause, by hearing it, and determining what shall be adjudged or decreed between the parties, and with which is the right of the case. Rhode Island v. Massachusetts, 12 Pet 718, 9 L. Ed. 1233; Kerosene Lamp Heater Co. v. Monitor Oil Stove Co., 41 Ohio St. 293.-Judicial acts. Acts requiring the exercise of some judicial discretion, as distinguished from ministerial acts, which require none. Ex parte Kellogg, 6 Vt 510; Mills v. Brooklyn. 32 N. Y. 497; Reclamation Dist v. Hamilton, 112 Cal. 603, 44 Pac. 1074; Perry v. Tynen, 22 Barb. (N. T.) 140.-Judicial admissions. Admissions made voluntarily by a party which appear of record in the proceedings of the court.-Judioial authority. The power and authority appertaining to the office of a judge; jurisdiction; the official right to hear and determine questions ia controversy.-Judicial business. Such as involves the exercise of judicial power, or the application of the mind and authority of a court to some contested matter, or the conduct of judicial proceedings, as distinguished from such ministerial and other acts, incident to the progress of a cause, as may be performed by the parties, counsel, or officers of the court without application to the court or judge. See Heisen v. Smith, 138 Cal. 216. 71 Pac 180, 94 Am. St. Rep. 39; Merchants' Nat. Bank v. Jaffray, 36 Neb. 218, 54 N. W. 258, 19 L. R. A. 316; State v. California Min. Co., 13 Nev. 214-Judicial oommittee of the privy oounoil. In English law. A tribunal composed of members of the privy council, being judges or retired judges, which acts as the king's adviser in matters of law referred to it, and exercises a certain appellate jurisdiction, chiefly in ecclesiastical causes, though its power in this respect was curtailed by the judicature act of 1873.-Judioial oonfession. In the law of evidence. A confession of guilt, made by a prisoner before a magistrate, or in court, in the due course of legal proceedings. 1 Greenl. Ev. | 216; White v. State, 49 Ala. 348; U. S. v. Williams, 28 Fed. Cas. 643; State v. Lamb, 28 Mo. 218; Speer v. State, 4 Tex. App. 479.-Judicial conventions. Agreements entered into in consequence of an order of court; as, for example, entering into a bond on taking out a writ of sequestration. Penniman v. Barrymore, 6 Mart. N. S. (La.) 494-Judicial decisions. The opinions or determinations of the judges in causes before them, particularly in appellate courts. Le Blanc v. Illinois Cent. R. Co., 73 Miss. 463, "19 South. 211 Judioial diota. Dicta made" by a court or judge in the course of a jhdicial decision or opinion. Com. v. Paine, 207 Pa. 45, "56 Atl. 317. See DICTUM Judicial district." One of the circuits or 'precincts into which a state is commonly divided for judicial purposes, a court of general original jurisdiction being usually provided in each of such districts, and the boundaries of the district marking the territorial limits of its authority; or the district may include two or more counties, having separate and independent county courts, but iu that case they are presided over by the same judge. See Ex parte Gardner, 22 Nev. 280, 39 Pac. 570; Llndsley v. Coahoma County Sup'rs, 69 Miss. 815. 11 South. 336; Com. v. Hoar, 121 Mass. 377.-Judicial oath. One taken before an officer in open court, as distinguished from a "non-judiciar' oath, which is taken before an officer ex parte or out of court State v. Drei-fus, 38 La. Ann. 877.-Judicial officer. A person in whom is vested authority to decide causes or exercise powers appropriate to a court. Settle v. Van Evrea, 49 N. Y. 281: People v. Wells, 2 Cal. 203; Reid v. Hood, 2 Nott A McC. (S. C.) 170, 10 Am. Dec. 582. -Judicial power. The authority vested in ocourts and judges, as distinguished from the executive and legislative power. Gilbert v. Priest, 65 Barb. (N. Y.) 448; In re Walker, 68 App. Div. 196, 74 N. Y. Supp. 94; State v. Denny, 118 Ind. 382, 21 N. E. 252, 4 L. It A. 79 ; U. S. v. Kendall, 26 Fed. Cas. 753-Judicial proceedings. A general term for proceedings relating to, practiced in, or proceeding from, a court of justice; or the course prescribed to be taken in various cases for the determination of a controversy or for legal redress or relief. See Hereford v. People, 197 111. 222, 64 N. E. 310; Martin v. Simpkins, 20 Colo. 438, 38 Pac. 1092; Mullen v. Reed, 64 Conn. 240, 29 Atl. 478, 24 L. R. A. 664, 42 Am. St Rep. 174; Aldrich v. Kinney, 4 Conn. 386, 10 Am. Dec. 151.-?Judicial question. One proper for the determination of a court of justice, as distinguished from such questions as belong to the decision of the legislative or executive departments of government and with which the courts will not interfere, called "political" or "legislative" questions. See Patton v. Chattanooga, 106 Tenn. 197, 65 S. W. 414-Judicial remedies. Such as are administered by the courts of justice, or by judicial officers empowered for that purpose by the constitution and laws of the state. Code Civ. Proc. Cal. 1903, S 20: Code Civ. Proc. Mont. 1895. $ 3469.-Judicial separation. A separation of man and wife by decree of court, less complete than an absolute divorce: otherwise called a "limited divorce."' -Judicial statistics. In English law. Statistics, published by authority, of the civil and criminal business of the United Kingdom, and matters appertaining thereto. Annual reports are published separately for England and Wales, for Ireland, and for Scotland.-Quasi judicial. A term applied to the action, discretion, etc., of public administrative officers, who are required to investigate facts, or ascertain the existence of facts, and draw conclusions from them, as a basis for their official action, and to exercise discretion of a judicial nature. See Bair v. Struck. 29 Mont 45, 74 Pac. 69, 63 L. R. A. 481: Mitchell v. Clay County, 69 Neb. 779, 96 N. W. 678; De Weese v. Smith (C. C.) 97 Fed. $17. . As to Judicial "Day," "Deposit" "Discretion," "Documents," "Evidence," "Factor," "Mortgage," "Notice," "Process," "Sales," "Sequestration," and * Writs," see those titles. Less...

adj. Pertaining or relating to the courts of justice, to the judicial department of government or to the administration of justice.

adj. Pertaining or relating to the courts of justice, to the judicial department of government or to the administration of justice. Less...

n. That branch of government Invested with the judicial power; the system of courts in a country; the body of judges; the bench.

n. That branch of government Invested with the judicial power; the system of courts in a country; the body of judges; the bench. Less...

The name commonly given to the act of congress of September 24, 1789, (1 St at.Large, 73,) by which the system of federal courts was organized, and their powers and jurisdiction defined. Judioiis posterioribus fides est adhi-benda. Faith or credit is to be given to the later judgments. 13 Coke, More...

The name commonly given to the act of congress of September 24, 1789, (1 St at.Large, 73,) by which the system of federal courts was organized, and their powers and jurisdiction defined. Judioiis posterioribus fides est adhi-benda. Faith or credit is to be given to the later judgments. 13 Coke, 14. Less...

Lat A caution, or security, given in Scotch courts for the defendant to abide judgment within the jurisdiction. Stlm. Law Gloss. Judicis est in pronuntiando sequi reg-ulam, exoeptlone non probata. The judge in his decision ought to follow the rule, when the exception is not proved. Judicis est Judlcare secundum More...

Lat A caution, or security, given in Scotch courts for the defendant to abide judgment within the jurisdiction. Stlm. Law Gloss. Judicis est in pronuntiando sequi reg-ulam, exoeptlone non probata. The judge in his decision ought to follow the rule, when the exception is not proved. Judicis est Judlcare secundum allegata et probata. Dyer, 12. It is the duty of a judge to decide according to facts alleged and proved. Judicis est jus dieere, non dare. It is the province of a judge to declare the law, not to give it Lofft Append. 42. Judicis officium est opus diei in die sno perficere. It is the duty of a judge to finish the work of each day within that day. Dyer, 12. Judicis officium est ut res, ita texnpora rerum, queerere. It is the duty of a judge to inquire into the times of things, as well as into things themselves. Co. Litt 171. Less...

Lat Judicial authority or jurisdiction; a court or tribunal; a judicial hearing or other proceeding; a verdict or judgment; a proceeding before a judex or judge. State v. Whitford, 54 Wis. 150, 11 N. W. 424. -Judicium oapltale. In old English law. Judgment of death; capital judgment. Fleta, lib. 1, More...

Lat Judicial authority or jurisdiction; a court or tribunal; a judicial hearing or other proceeding; a verdict or judgment; a proceeding before a judex or judge. State v. Whitford, 54 Wis. 150, 11 N. W. 424. -Judicium oapltale. In old English law. Judgment of death; capital judgment. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 39, ? 2. Called.- also, "judicium vitat atnissionis" judgment of loss of life. Id. lib. 2, c. 1, | 5.-Judicium Del. In old English and European law. The judgment of God; otherwise called "divinum judicium,** the "divine judgment." A term particularly applied to the ordeals by fire or hot iron and water, and also to the trials by the cross, the eucharist, and the conned, and the duellum or trial by battle, (g. v.y) It being supposed that the interposition of heaven was directly manifest, in these cases, in behalf of the innocent Spelman; Burrill.- Judicium parlum. In old English law. Judgment of the peers; judgment of one's peers; trial by jury. Magna Charta, c, 29. Judicium a non sno judioe datum nul-lins est moment!. 10 Coke, 70. A judgment given by one who is not the proper judge is of no force. Judicium est quasi juris dictum. Judgment is, as it were, a declaration of law. Judicium non debet esse illusorium; suum eifeotum habere debet. A judgment ought not to be illusory; it ought to have its proper effect 2 Inst 341. Judicium redditur in Invltum. Go. Litt 248b. Judgment is given against one, whether he will or not Judicium (semper) pro veritate nooi-pitur. A judgment is always taken for truth, [that is, as long as it stands in force it cannot be contradicted.] 2 Inst 380; Co. Litt 39a, 168a. Less...

In old English law. A watery place. Domesday; CowelL

In old English law. A watery place. Domesday; CowelL Less...

In French law. A jndge. -Juge de pain. An inferior judicial functionary, appointed to decide summarily controversies of minor importance, especially such as turn mainly />n questions of fact He has also the functions of a police magistrate. Ferriere. -Juge d'instruction. See INSTRUCTION.

In French law. A jndge. -Juge de pain. An inferior judicial functionary, appointed to decide summarily controversies of minor importance, especially such as turn mainly />n questions of fact He has also the functions of a police magistrate. Ferriere. -Juge d'instruction. See INSTRUCTION. Less...