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  • JUGERUM
    An acre. Co. Litt. 5b. As much as a yoke ijugum) of oxen could plow In one day.
  • JUGULATOR
    In old records. A cutthroat or murderer. Cowell.
  • JUGUM
    Lat. In the civil law. A yoke; a measure of land; as much land as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. Nov. 17, c. 8. -Jugnm terras. In old English law. A yoke of land; half a plow-land. Domesday; Co. Litt. 5a; Cowell.
  • JUICIO
    In Spanish law. A trial or suit White, New Recop. b. 3, tit 4, c. L -Juicio de apeo. The decree of a competent tribunal directing the determining and marking the boundaries of lands or estates.-Juicio do concur so de acreedores. The judgment granted for a debtor who has various More...
  • JUMENT
    In old Scotch law. An ox used for tillage. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 2, p. 89.
  • JUMENTA
    In the civil law. Beasts of burden; animals used for carrying burdens. This word did not include "oxen/* Dig. 32, 65, 5.
  • JUMP BAIL
    To abscond, withdraw, or secrete one's self, in violation of the obligation of a bail-bond. The expression is colloquial, and is applied only to the act of the principal
  • JUNCARIA
    In old English law. The soil where rushes grow. Co. Litt 5a; CowelL Juncta juvant. United they aid. A portion of the maxim, "Qua non valeant singula juncta juvant," (q. v.,) frequently cited. 8 Man. & G. 99.
  • JUNGERE DUELLUM
    In old English law. To join the duellum; to engage in the combat Fleta, lib. 1, c 21, 110.
  • JUNIOR
    Younger. This has been held to be no part -of a man's name, but an addition by use, and a convenient distinction between a father and son of the same name Cobb v. Lucas, 15 Pick. (Mass.) 9; People v. Collins, 7 Johns. (Ni Y.) 552; Padgett Lawrence, 10 Paige More...
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