A minor who has been charged with a crime who is held to a different and lower standard of culpability in contrast to liability borne by adults. … [Read more...]

They were certain judges established if not first appointed, A. D. 1176, 22 Hen. II. England was divided into certain circuits, and three justices in eyre, or justices itinerant, as they were sometimes called, were appointed to each district, and made the circuit of the kingdom once in seven years for the purpose of trying causes. They were afterwards directed by Magna Charta, … [Read more...]

A kind of compurgators, or those who, by oath, justified the innocence or oaths of others, as in the case of wagers of law. … [Read more...]

Lat. Near; following; according to. Junta conventionem. According to the covenant. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 16, … [Read more...]

Public officers invested with judicial powers for the purpose of preventing breaches of the peace, and bringing to punishment those who have violated the law. 2. These officers, under the Constitution of the United States and some of the states, are appointed by the executive in others, they are elected by the people, and commissioned by the executive. In some states they hold … [Read more...]