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JUDICIAL TRUSTEE

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A trustee who is appointed by or is an officer of the court. … [Read more...]

JUGUM

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Lat. In the civil law. A yoke; a measure of land; as much land as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. Nov. 17, c. 8. Jugnm terras. In old English law. A yoke of land; half a plow-land. Domesday; Co. Litt. 5a; Cowell. … [Read more...]

JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE

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The filing of a lawsuit in the state where foreclosed property is located in order to obtain a judgment allowing the property to be sold at a foreclosure auction. … [Read more...]

JUDICIAL WRITS

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practice. In England those writs which issue from the common law courts during the progress of a suit, are described as judicial writs, by way of distinction from the original one obtained from chancery. … [Read more...]

JUICIO

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In Spanish law. A trial or suit White, New Recop. b. 3, tit 4, c. . Juicio de apeo. The decree of a competent tribunal directing the determining and marking the boundaries of lands or estates. Juicio do concur so de acreedores. The judgment granted for a debtor who has various creditors, or for such creditors, to the effect that their claims be satisfied according to their … [Read more...]

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