| Terms- Jactitation
- A false boast designed to increase standing at the expense of another.
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- J. D.
- Abbreviation for juris doctor or doctor of jurisprudence and the formal name given to the university law degree in the United States.
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- Joint and Several Liability
- Liability of more than one person for which each person is liable to pay back the entire amount of a debt or damages.
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- Joint Custody
- A child custody Court decision that both parents share joint legal custody and joint physical custody.
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- Joint Tenancy
- When two or more persons are equally owners of some property.
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- Judicial Review
- A process where a court of law is asked to rule on the appropriateness of the decision of an administrative agency or tribunal.
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- Jure
- Latin, from Roman law: by right, under legal authority or by the authority of the law.
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- Jurisdiction
- Legal authority to judge or to act in a given situation or case.
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- Jurisprudence
- Case law, or the legal decisions which have developed and which accompany statutes in applying the law against situations of fact.
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- Jus
- Latin: word which, in Roman law, meant the law or a right.
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- Jus Spatiandi Et Manendi
- Latin: referring to a legal right of way, and to enjoyment, granted to the public but only for the purposes of recreation or education.
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- Justice
- A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances.
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- Joyce Model of Joint Guardianship
- A British Columbia model of joint guardianship in respect to children as between separated parents.
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- Jurat
- The written certification by a judicial officer that a deponent or affiant recognizes and endorses all parts of an affidavit he or she proposes to sign, and confirms that an oath has been administered in this regard to the affiant.
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- Judicial Branch
- A branch of government; judges.
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- Jure Coronae
- A right of the Crown.
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- Jetsam
- Things intentionally thrown overboard a ship in order to save the ship, and which things thrown over then sink.
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- Jihad
- A tenet of Islamic law to adherents, with the reward of eternal life in Paradise, if they promote and exhort the word of Muhammad and the Koran to others, and not necessarily excluding the use of violence.
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- Just Cause
- Employment law: misconduct of an employee, or some other event relevant to the employee, which justifies the immediate termination of the employment contract.
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- Judicial Interim Release
- Pre-trial release of an individual accused of a crime; bail.
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- Judicial Discretion
- The power the law gives the Court or a judge to choose among two or more alternatives, each being lawful.
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- Judex
- A form of judge in early Roman law.
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- Jus Ex Injuria Non Oritur
- Latin: a legal right or entitlement cannot arise from an unlawful act or omission.
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- Justice of the Peace
- A judicial officer with a limited role, usually in criminal law, to perform minor judicial tasks such as authorizing search warrants and approving criminal charges.
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- Jones Act
- A section of a 1920 American law which gave injured sailors, or their estate, the right to sue the employer if the injury or death resulted from the employer's negligence.
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- Judgment
- A decision given by a court of law.
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- Judgment Creditor
- Any person entitled to enforce a judgment against another.
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- Judgment Debtor
- A person against whom a judgment in money (eg. damages) has been obtained.
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- Jus Cogens
- Latin: peremptory law.
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- Jus Dispositivum
- Law adopted by consent.
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- Jus Ad Bellum
- Latin: the legal authority to wage war.
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- Joint Venture
- A legal relationship among individuals or corporations to invest or apply other resources, for some common purpose.
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- Juris Utriusque Doctor
- Latin: a combined law degree, in both civil and canon law.
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- Justifiable Homicide
- The blameless killing of another human being.
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- Jald
- Muslim law: flogging, a punishment for some crimes.
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- Jury
- A group of citizens randomly selected from the general population and brought together to assist justice by deciding which version, in their opinion, constitutes 'the truth' given different evidence by opposing parties.
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- Juristic Reason
- An explanation based upon law for the enrichment of one at the detriment of another.
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