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

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...] about JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

consists in proving the sufficiency of bail or sureties in point of property, etc. The production of bail in court, who there justify themselves against the exception of the plaintiff. … [Read more...] about JUSTIFYING BAIL

Rank or office of a justice. … [Read more...] about JUSTICESHIP

civil law. A collection of the constitutions of the emperors, from Adrian to Justinian; the greater part of those from Adrian to Constantine are mere rescripts; those from Constantine to Justinian are edicts or laws, properly speaking. 2. The code is divided into twelve books, which are subdivided into titles, in which the constitutions are collected under proper heads. They … [Read more...] about JUSTINIAN CODE