Latin: In Roman law. Judicial proceedings; trials. Judicia publico, criminal trials. Dig. 48, 1. Judicia in curia regis non adnihilentur, sed stent in robore suo quousque per errorem aut attinctam adnullentur. Judgments in the king's courts are not to be annihilated, but to remain in force until annulled by error or attaint 2 Inst 539. Judicia in deliberationibus crebro … [Read more...]

A public officer, appointed to preside and to administer the law in a court of justice; the chief member of a court, and charged with the control of proceedings and the decision of questions of law or. discretion. Todd v. U. S., 158 U, S. 278, 15 Sup. Ct. 889, 39 L. Ed. 982; Foot v. Stiles, 57 N. Y. 405; In re Lawyers' Tax Cases, 8 Heisk. (Tenn.) 650. "Judge" and "Justice".(a. … [Read more...]

A judgment against a particular person, as distinguished from a judgment against a thing or a right or status. The former class of judgments are conclusive only upon parties and privies; the latter upon all the world. See next title. … [Read more...]

Belonging to the office of a judge; as judicial authority. Relating to or connected with the administration of justice; as a judicial officer. Having the character of judgment or formal legal procedure; as a judicial act Proceeding from a court of justice; as a judicial writ a judicial determination. Judicial action. Action of a court upon a cause, by hearing it, and … [Read more...]

Two or more persons who are entrusted with property for the benefit of one or more others. 2. Unlike joint executors, joint trustees cannot act separately, but must join both in conveyances and receipts, for one cannot sell without the others, or receive more of the consideration money, or be more a trustee than his partner. The trust having been given to the whole, it requires … [Read more...]