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JUNTA, OR JUNTO

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A select council for taking cognizance of affairs of great consequence requiring secrecy; a cabal or faction. This was a popular nickname applied to the Whig ministry in England, between 1693-1696. They clung to each other for mutual protection against the attacks of the so-called "Reactionist Stuart Party." … [Read more...]

JURATION

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The act of swearing; the administration of an oath. Jurato creditur in judieio. He who makes oath is to be believed in judgment. … [Read more...]

JURA

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Lat. Plural of "jus." Rights; laws. 1 Bl. Comm. 123. See Jus. Jura fisoalia. In English law. Fiscal rights; rights of the exchequer. 3 Bl. Comm. 45. Jara in re. In the civil law. Rights in a thing; rights which, being separated from the dominium, or right of property, exist independently of it and are enjoyed by some other person than him who has the dominium. Mackeld. Rom. … [Read more...]

JURATOR

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A juror; a compurgator, (q. v.) Juratores debent esse vicini, sufficientes et minus suspect. Jurors ought to be neighbors, of sufficient estate, and free from suspicion. Jenk. Cent 141. Juratores sunt judices facti. Juries are the judges of fact. … [Read more...]

JUMENT

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In old Scotch law. An ox used for tillage. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 2, p. 89. … [Read more...]

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