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Search Results for "J" JACTITATION. OF MARRIAGE Eng. eccl. law. The boasting by an individual that he or she has married another, from which it may happen that they will acquire the... more JACTURA The same as jettison. (q. v.) 1 Bell s Com. 586, 5th ed.... more JAIL A prison; a place appointed by law for the detention of prisoners. A jail is an inhabited dwelling-house within the statute of New York,... more JEOFAILE. This is a law French phrase, which signifies, "I am in an error; I have failed." There are certain statutes called statutes of amendment... more JEOPARDY Peril, danger. 2. This is the meaning attached to this word used in the act establishing and regulating the post office department. The words... more JERGUER Engl. law. An officer of the custom-house, who oversees the waiters. Techn. Dict. h. t.... more JETTISON, or JETSAM. The casting out of a vessel, from necessity, a part of the lading; the thing cast out also bears the same name; it differs... more JEUX DE BOURSE French law. This is a kind of gambling or speculation, which consists of sales and purchase s, which bind neither of the parties to deliver... more JEWS. See De Judaismo Statutum.... more JOB. By this term is understood among workmen, the whole of a thing which is to be done. In this sense it is employed in... more JOBBER commerce. One who buys end sells articles for others. Stock jobbers are those who buy, and sell stocks for others; this term is also applied... more JOCALIA Jewels; this term was formerly more properly applied to those ornaments which women, although married, call their own. When these jocalia are not suitable... more JOINDER OF ACTIONS practice. The putting two or more causes of action in the same declaration. 2. It is a general rule, that in real actions there... more JOINDER IN DEMURRER When a demurrer is offered by one party, the adverse party joins with him in demurrer, and the answer which he makes is called... more JOINDER OF ISSUE pleadings. The act by which the parties to a cause arrive at that stage of it in their pleadings, that one asserts a fact to... more JOINDER OF PARTIES TO ACTIONS. It is a rule in actions ex contractu that all who have a legal interest in the contract, and no others, must join in... more JOINT. United, not separate; as, joint action, or one which is brought by several persons acting together; joint bond, a bond given by two or... more JOINT CONTRACT One in which the contractors are jointly bound to perform the promise or obligation therein contained, or entitled to receive the benefit of such... more JOINT EXECUTORS. It is proposed to consider, 1. The interest which they have in the estate of the deceased. 2. How far they are liable for... more JOINT STOCK BANKS. In England they are a species of quasi corporations, or companies regulated by deeds of settlement; and, in this respect, the stand in the... more |