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JEMAN

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In old records. Yeoman. Cowell ; Blount … [Read more...]

JNOV

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Abbreviation for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. … [Read more...]

JENCKS ACT

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The requirement that the government must provide a copy of all witness statements that are made against the defendant so that the defendant can adequate prepare for his or her case. … [Read more...]

JOB

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By this term is understood among workmen, the whole of a thing which is to be done. In this sense it is employed in the Civil Code of Louisiana, art. 2727; to build by plot, or to work by the job, says that article, is to undertake a building for a certain stipulated price. The whole of a thing which is to be done. "To build by plot, or to work by the job, is to undertake a … [Read more...]

JEOFAILE

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Fr. I have failed; I am in error. An error or oversight in pleading. Certain statutes are called "statutes of amendments and jeofailes" because, where a pleader perceives any slip in the form of his proceedings, and acknowledges the error, (jeofaile,) he is at liberty, by those statutes, to amend it. The amendment, however, is seldom made; but the benefit is attained by the … [Read more...]

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