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JUSTICEMENTS

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An old general term for all things appertaining to justice. … [Read more...]

JUS TRIPERTITUM

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In Roman law. A name applied to the Roman law of wills, in the time of Justinian, on account of its threefold derivation, viz., from the praetorian edict, from the civil law, and from the imperial constitutions. Maine, Anc. Law, 207. Jus triplex est,proprietatis, posses sionis, et possibilitatis. Right is threefold,of property, of possession, and of possibility. … [Read more...]

JUSTICER

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The old form of justice. Blount … [Read more...]

JUS TRIUM LIBERORUM

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In Roman law. A right or privilege allowed to the parent of three or more children. 2 Kent, Comm. 85; 2 Bl. Comm. 247. These privileges were an exemption from the trouble of guardianship, priority in bearing offices', and a treble proportion of corn. Adams, Rom. Ant. (Am. Ed.) 227. … [Read more...]

JUSTICES

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Judges. Officers appointed by a competent authority to administer justice. They are so called, because, in ancient times the Latin word for judge was justicia. This term is in common parlance used to designate justices of the peace. … [Read more...]

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