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In Spanish law. The judi-dary; the body of Judges; the Judges who concur in a decree

Lat. Near; following; accord-lng to

or JOUSTS. Exercises between martial men and persons of honor, with spears, on horseback; different from tournaments, which were military exercises between mauy men in troops. 24 Hen. VIII. c. 13

In Spanish law. The name anciently given to a high judicial magistrate, or supreme judge, who was the ultimate interpreter of the laws, and possessed other high powers

Lat. In the civil law. A suspension or interwlssiou of the admluis-tration of justice in courts; vacation time. Calvin

Lat. Justice. A jurisdiction, or the office of a judge

A civilian; one who studies the civil law

A maintaining or showing a sufficient reason in court why the defeudant did what he is called upon to an-swer, particularly in an action of libel. A defense of justification is a defense showing the libel to be true, or in an action of assault showing the violence to have been necessary. See Steph. Pl. […]

Rightful; warranted or sanctioned by law; that which can be shown to be sustained by law; as justifiable homicide. See Homicide

US. Judicature; prerogative. Jnstitia est duplex, vis., severe pn-niens ot vero prseveniens. 3 Inst. Epil

The chief crirn-inal court of Scotland, consisting of five lords of session, added to the justice general and justice clerk; of whom the Justice general, and, ln his absence, the jnstice clerk, is presldent. This court has a jurisdiction over all crimes, and over the whole of Scotland. Bell

In English law. Justices or judges who usnally resided In westminister. They were so called to distinguish them from justices in eyre. Co. Litt. 293

In old English law. A jndge or justice, one of several persons learned ln the law, who sat in the aula regis, and formed a kind of court of appeal in cases of difficulty

Proper to be examined in courts of justice

Tbe old form of justice. Blount

An old general term for all thingB appertalnlng to justice

In Amer-iean law. A judicial officer of inferior rank holding a court not of record, and having (usually) civil jurisdiction of a limited na-ture, for the trial of minor cases, to an extent prescribed by statute, and for the conservation of the peace aud tlie preliminary hearing of criminal complaints and the commitment of offenders. […]

In the civil law. A Just cause; a lawful ground; a legal trans-action of some kind. Mackeld. Rom. Law, S 283

In old English law. A certain measure of liquor, being as much as was sufficient to drink at once. Mon. Angl. t 1, c. 149

Right; in accordance with law and Justice

Lat. An oath

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The right to use proper-ty without destroying its substance. It ls employed in contradistinction to the jusr abutendi. 3 Toullier, no. 86

in Roman law. A name applied to the Roman law of wills, i in the time of Justinian, on account of its’ threefold derivation, viz., from the prae-; torlan edict, from the civil law, and from the imperial constitutions. Maine, Anc. Law, 207

The right of a third party. A teuant, bailee, etc., who pleads that the title ls in some person other than his landlord, bailor, etc., is said to set up a jus tcrtii

Strict law; law Interpreted without any modification, and in its utmost rigor

In old European law. The law of staple; the right of staple. A right or privilege of certain towns of stop-ping imported merchandise, and compelling it to be offered for sale in their own markets. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 10

In the civll law. A peculiar or individual rule, differing from the jus commune, or common rule of right, and established for some special reason. Mackeld. Rom. Law, { 196

In Roman law

The law of things. The law regulating the rights and powers of per-sons over things; how property is acquired, enjoyed, and transferred

The right of representing dr standing in the place of another, or of being represented by another

In Scotch law. The right of a relict; the right or clalm of a relict or widow to her share of her hus band’s estate, particularly the movables. 2 Karnes, Eq. 340; 1 Forb. Inst. pt. 1, p. 67

The right of recovering [lands

The old law of

Pnblic law, or the law relating to the constitution aud functions of government and its officers and the administration of criminal justice. Also public ownership, or the paramount or sovereign territorial right or title of the state or government. See Jus Peivatum

In the civil law; The name of a servitude. It is a right by which a part of the roof or tiling of one house is made to extend over tbe adjoining house. Dig. 50, 16, 242, 1; Id. 8, 2, 25 ; Id. 8, 5, 8, 5

IS. The right of presentatlon

UM. In the civil law. A right to a thing held for another, for which there was no remedy hy legal action,, but only hy entreaty or request. 2 Bl. Coinm. 328

NS. In the civil law. A present or vested right; a right already completely acquired. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 191

In tbe civil law

The right of possession

In maritime law. The right of port or harbor

In Roman law, the right of rescission or revocation of an executory contract on failure of the other party to fulfill hie part of the agreement. See Mackelcb Rom. Law, | 444

Rights of persons. – Those rights which, in the civll law, belong to persons as such, or in thelr differ-ent characters and relations; as parents and children, masters and servants, etc

In English ecclesiastical law. The rlght of patronage; the right of presenting a clerk to a benefice. Blount

In the clvil and old English iaw. The right of pasturing cattle. Inst. 2, 3, 2; Bract, fols. 53b, 222

In Roman law, the right of subrogation, that ls, the rlght of succeedlng to the lien and priority of an elder creditor on tendering or paying Into court tbe amount due to him. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, S 355

The unwritten

In Roman law. The right of death, or of putting to death. A right which a father anciently had over hls chll-dren

The right of nav-‘ igating or navigation; the right of commerce by ships or by sea. Locc. de Jure Mar. lih. 1, c. 3