Legal Term Dictionary

In medical jurisprudence. This plant is commonly called "savin."

In medical jurisprudence. This plant is commonly called "savin." Less...

A shop where old cordage and ships' tackle, old iron, rags, bottles, paper, etc., are kept and sold. A place where odds and ends are purchased and sold. Charleston City Council v. Goldsmith, 12 Rich. Law (S. C.) 470.

A shop where old cordage and ships' tackle, old iron, rags, bottles, paper, etc., are kept and sold. A place where odds and ends are purchased and sold. Charleston City Council v. Goldsmith, 12 Rich. Law (S. C.) 470. Less...

A select council for taking cognizance of affairs of great consequence requiring secrecy; a cabal or faction. This was a popular nickname applied to the Whig ministry in England, between 1693-1696. They clung to each other for mutual protection against the attacks of the so-called "Reactionist Stuart Party."

A select council for taking cognizance of affairs of great consequence requiring secrecy; a cabal or faction. This was a popular nickname applied to the Whig ministry in England, between 1693-1696. They clung to each other for mutual protection against the attacks of the so-called "Reactionist Stuart Party." Less...

Lat. Plural of "jus." Rights; laws. 1 Bl. Comm. 123. See Jus. -Jura fisoalia. In English law. Fiscal rights; rights of the exchequer. 3 Bl. Comm. 45.-Jara in re. In the civil law. Rights in a thing; rights which, being separated from the dominium, or right of property, exist independently More...

Lat. Plural of "jus." Rights; laws. 1 Bl. Comm. 123. See Jus. -Jura fisoalia. In English law. Fiscal rights; rights of the exchequer. 3 Bl. Comm. 45.-Jara in re. In the civil law. Rights in a thing; rights which, being separated from the dominium, or right of property, exist independently of it and are enjoyed by some other person than him who has the dominium. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 237-Jura majestatis. Rights of sovereignty or majesty; a term used in the civil law to designate certain rights which belong to each and every sovereignty and which are deemed essential to its existence. Gilmer v. lime Point, 18 Cal. 250.-Jura mint! domini!. In old English law. Rights of mixed dominion. The king's right or power of jurisdiction was so termed. Hale, Anal, f 6.-Jura personarum. Rights of persons; the rights of persons. Rights which concern and are annexed to the persons of men. 1 Bl. Comm. 122. -Jura praediorum. In the civil law. The lights of estates. Dig. 50, 16. 86-Jura regalia. In English law. Royal rights or privileges. 1 Bl. Comm. 117, 119; 8 BL Comm. 44. -Jura regia. In English law. Royal rights; the prerogatives of the crown. Crabb, Com. Law, 174.-Jura rerun. Rights of things; the rights of things; rights which a man may acquire over external objects or things unconnected with his person. 1 Bi. Comm. 122; 2 BL Comm. 1.-Jura ranmi imperii. Rights of supreme dominion; rights of sovereignty. 1 BL Comm. 49; 1 Kent, Comm. 211. Jura eoelesiastioa limitata sunt infra limltos separatee. Ecclesiastical laws are limited within separate bounds. 3 Bulst 53. Jura eodem modo destitnnntur quo eon-stituuntur. Laws are abrogated by the same means [authority] by which they are made Broom, Max. 878. Jura natures sunt immutabilia. The laws of nature are unchangeable Branch, Princ. Jura pubUoa antef erenda privatis. Public rights are to be preferred to private. Co. Litt 130a. Applied to protections. Jura pubUoa ex privato [privatis! promisoue deoidi non debent. Public rights ought not to be decided promiscuously with private. Co. Litt 130a, 181b. Jura regis speeialia non oonoednntnr per generalia verba. The special rights of the king are not granted by general words. Jenk. Cent p. 103. Jura sanguinis nullo jure civil! possunt. The right of blood and kindred cannot be destroyed by any civil law. Dig. 50, 17, 9; Bac. Max. reg. 11; Broom, Max. 533; Jackson v. Phillips, 14 Allen (Mass.) 562. Less...

1. Pertaining to natural or positive right or to the doctrines of rights and obligations; as "jural relations." "2. Of or pertaining to jurisprudence; juristic; juridical." "3. Recognized or sanctioned by positive law; embraced within, or covered by, the rules and enactments of positive law. Thus, the "jural sphere" is More...

1. Pertaining to natural or positive right or to the doctrines of rights and obligations; as "jural relations." "2. Of or pertaining to jurisprudence; juristic; juridical." "3. Recognized or sanctioned by positive law; embraced within, or covered by, the rules and enactments of positive law. Thus, the "jural sphere" is to be distinguished from the "moral sphere;" . the latter denoting the whole scope or range of ethics or the science of conduct the former embracing only such portions of the same as have been made the subject of legal sanction or recognition." 4. Founded in law; organized upon the basis of a fundamental law, and existing for the recognition and protection of rights. Thus, the term "jural society" is used as the synonym of "state" or "organized political community." Less...

Lat. In the civil law. An oath. -Juramentum calumnies. In tbe civil and canon law. The oath of calumny. An oath imposed upon both parties to a suit as a preliminary to its trial, to the effect that tbey are not influenced by malice or any sinister motives in prosecuting More...

Lat. In the civil law. An oath. -Juramentum calumnies. In tbe civil and canon law. The oath of calumny. An oath imposed upon both parties to a suit as a preliminary to its trial, to the effect that tbey are not influenced by malice or any sinister motives in prosecuting or defending the same, but by a belief in the justice of their cause. It was also required of the attorneys and proctors.-Juramentum oorporalis. A corporal oath. See OATH.-Juramentum in litem. In the civil law. An assessment oath; an oath, taken by the plaintiff in an action, that the extent of the damages he has suffered, estimated in money, amounts to a certain sum, which oath, in certain cases, is accepted in lieu of other proof. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 376.-Juramentum judioiale. In the civil law. An oath which the judge, of his own accord, defers to either of the parties. It is of two kinds: First, that which the judge defers for the decision of the cause, and which is understood by the general name "juramentum judioiale" and is sometimes called "suppletory oath," juramentum supplet-orium; second, that which the judge defers in order to fix and determine the amount of the condemnation which he ought to pronounce, and which is called "juramentum in litem" Poth. Obi. p. 4, c 3, 3, art 3.-Juramentum nee-ecsarium. In Roman law. A compulsory oath. A disclosure under oath, which the praetor compelled one of the parties to a suit to make, when the other, applying for such an appeal, agreed to abide by what his adversary should swear. 1 Whart. Ev. ft 458; Dig. 12, 2, 5, 2.-Juramentum voluntarium. In Roman law. A voluntary oath. A species of appeal to conscience, by which one of the parties to a suit, instead of proving his case, offered to abide by what his adversary should answer under oath. 1 Whart Ev. ? 458; Dig. 12, 2, 34,6. Juramentum est indiviaibile; et non est admittendum in parte varum et in parte falsum. An oath is indivisible; it is not to be held partly true and partly false. 4 Inst 274. Less...

Lat To swear; to take an oath. Jurare est Dense in testem vooare, et est actus divini onltns. 3 Inst. 165. To swear is to call God to witness, and is an act of religion.

Lat To swear; to take an oath. Jurare est Dense in testem vooare, et est actus divini onltns. 3 Inst. 165. To swear is to call God to witness, and is an act of religion. Less...

The clause written at the foot of an affidavit stating when, where, and before whom such affidavit was sworn. See U. S. v. McDermott 140 U. S. 151, 11 Sup. Ct 746, 35 L. Ed. 391; U. S. v. Julian, 162 U. S. 324, 16 Sup. Ct 801, 40 L. More...

The clause written at the foot of an affidavit stating when, where, and before whom such affidavit was sworn. See U. S. v. McDermott 140 U. S. 151, 11 Sup. Ct 746, 35 L. Ed. 391; U. S. v. Julian, 162 U. S. 324, 16 Sup. Ct 801, 40 L. Ed. 984; Lutz v. Kinney, 23 Nev. 279, 46 Pac. 257. Less...

In old English law. A jury of twelve men sworn. Especially, a jury of the common law, as distinguished from the assisa. The jury clause in a nisi prius record, so called from the emphatic words of the old forms: "Jurata ponitur in respectum" the jury is put in respite. More...

In old English law. A jury of twelve men sworn. Especially, a jury of the common law, as distinguished from the assisa. The jury clause in a nisi prius record, so called from the emphatic words of the old forms: "Jurata ponitur in respectum" the jury is put in respite. Townsh. PL 487. Also a jurat, (which see.) Less...

The act of swearing; the administration of an oath. Jnrato creditor in judicio. He who makes oath is to be believed in judgment. 3 Inst 79.

The act of swearing; the administration of an oath. Jnrato creditor in judicio. He who makes oath is to be believed in judgment. 3 Inst 79. Less...