In the civil law. Latin meaning a just cause; a lawful ground; a legal transaction of some kind. … [Read more...]
JUS SINGULARE
In the civil 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, … [Read more...]
JUSTICE
The constant and perpetual disposition to render every man his due.(verb) - In old English practice. To do justice; to see justice done; to summon one to do justice.(noun) - In jurisprudence. The constant and perpetual disposition to render every man his due. Inst. 1, 1, pr.; 2 Inst 56. See Borden v. State, 11 Ark. 528, 44 Am. Dec. 217; Duncan v. Magette, 25 Tex. 253; The John … [Read more...]
JUS STAPULAE
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. … [Read more...]
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
In American law. A judicial officer of inferior rank holding a court not of record, and having (usually) civil jurisdiction of a limited nature, for the trial of minor cases, to an extent prescribed by statute, and for the conservation of the peace and the preliminary hearing of criminal complaints and the commitment of offenders. See Wenzler v. People, 58 X. Y. 530; Com. v. … [Read more...]