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JUSTIFIABLE

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Warranted. Reasonable. Able to be justified. Rightful; warranted or sanctioned by law; that which can be shown to be sustained by law; as justifiable homicide. See HOMICIDE. … [Read more...]

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

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Wrongful acts committed by minors and children. May also refer to failure to attend school and commission of criminal offenses. … [Read more...]

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE

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That which is committed with the intention to kill, or to do a grievous bodily injury, under circumstances which the law holds sufficient to exculpate the person who commits it. 2. It is justifiable, 1. When a judge or other magistrate acts in obedience to the law. 2. When a ministerial officer acts in obedience to a lawful warrant, issued by a competent tribunal. 3. When a … [Read more...]

JUVENILE DELINQUENT

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A minor who has committed a crime or is guilty of antisocial behavior. … [Read more...]

JUSTICES COURTS

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Inferior tribunals, not of record, with limited jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, held by justices of the peace. There are courts so .called in many of the states. See Searl v. Shanks, 9 N. D. 204, 82 N. W. 734; Brownfleld v. Thompson, 96 Mo. App. 340, 70 S. W. 378. … [Read more...]

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