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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Jūn’tā, n. p. 732A grand council of state in Spain or her possessions.Jūnʹto, n. p. 732A select council or assembly, which deliberates in secret on any affair of government; a meeting or collection of men combined for secret deliberation and intrigue for party purposes; a faction; a…Jūpe, n. p. 732The same as JUPON, q. v.Jū'pi-ter, n. p. 732(Rom. Myth.) The supreme deity; the son of Saturn; Jove. 2. (Astron.) One of the planets, the largest, and, next to Venus, the brightest, in diameter about 92,000 miles, and revolving round the sun…Ju-pōn’ or Jup-pōn’, n. p. 732A sleeveless jacket or overcoat, composed of several thicknesses of material sewed through, and faced with silk or velvet, upon which were embroidered the arms of the wearer. It fitted closely to the…Jū'ral, a. p. 732Pertaining to natural or positive right. [Rare.] By the adjective jural we shall denote that which has reference to the doctrine of rights and obligations; as by the adjective “moral” we denote that…Ju-rās'/sie, a. p. 732(Geol.) Of the age of the middle secondary, or the oölite and lias;—named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains.Jū'rat, n. p. 732A magistrate in some corporations; an alderman, or an assistant to a bailiff. [Eng.] 2. (Law.) The memorandum or certificate at the end of an affidavit, or bill or answer in chancery, showing when…Jū'ra-to-ry, a. p. 732Comprising an oath; as, juratory caution. [Obs.] Ayliffe.Ju-rid'ic or Ju-rid'ic-al, a. p. 732Pertaining to a judge; acting in the distribution of justice. 2. Used in courts of law or tribunals of justice. The body corporate of the kingdom, in juridical construction, never dies. Burke.…Ju-rĭd'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 732According to forms of law, or proceedings in tribunals of justice; with legal authority.Jū'ris-cōn'sult, n. p. 732A man learned in the law, and who is consulted thereon; a jurist; a counsellor; a master of Roman jurisprudence.Jū'ris-die'tion, n. p. 732The legal power or authority of hearing and determining causes; the power of executing the laws and distributing justice; the right by which judges exercise their power; judicial authority over a…Jū'ris-dĭc'tion-al, a. p. 732Pertaining to jurisdiction; as, jurisdictional rights.Jū'ris-dĭc'tĭve, a. p. 732Having jurisdiction. Milton.Jū'ris-pru'dençe, n. p. 732The science of law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of justice. Medical jurisprudence, the science of the…Jū'ris-pru'dent, a. p. 732Understanding law; jurisprudential.Jū'ris-pru'dent, n. p. 732One who understands, or is skilled in, law. Klosterheim in particular, . . . had been pronounced by some of the first jurisprudents a female appanage. De Quincey.Jū′ris-pru-dēn′tial, a. p. 732Pertaining to jurisprudence. Ward.Jūrist, n. p. 732A man who professes the science of law; one versed in the law; especially, in the civil law, a civil lawyer; a civilian. Bacon. 2. One versed in the law of nations, or a writer of distinction on that…Ju-rĭst'ic or Ju-rĭst'ic-al, a. p. 732Pertaining to a jurist, or to jurisprudence. [Rare.]Jū'ror, n. p. 732(Law.) One who serves on a jury; one sworn on a jury; a juryman. 2. One of a committee chosen to adjudge prizes at a public exhibition. [Eng.]Jū'ry, n. p. 732(Law.) A body of men, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to declare the truth of it on the evidence given them in the case. See GRAND-JURY…De medietate p. 732a kind of jury allowed by the laws of England to foreigners indicted for felony or misdemeanor; also to scholars and privileged persons, belonging to Oxford University, on trial for crime: the jury…Jū'ry-box, n. p. 732A place set apart for the jury to sit in during the trial of a cause.Jū'ry-man, n. p. 732One who is impaneled on a jury, or who serves as a juror.Jū'ry-māst, n. p. 732(Naut.) A temporary mast erected in a ship, to supply the place of one carried away in a tempest or an engagement, &c. Totten.Jū'ry-rigged, a. p. 732(Naut.) Rigged in a temporary manner.Jū'ry-rŭd'der, n. p. 732(Naut.) A temporary rudder in case of accident.Jūs'sī, n. p. 732A delicate fiber produced in Manilla from an undescribed plant, of which dresses are made.Jüst, a. p. 732Rendering, or disposed to render, to each one his due; conforming or conformable to rectitude; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; equitable; upright; honest; true;—said of both…Jüst, adv. p. 732Precisely; exactly; closely; nearly;—in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated. “And having just enough, not covet more.” Dryden. The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of…Jüst, n. p. 732A mock encounter on horseback; a combat for sport or for exercise, in which the combatants pushed with lances and swords, man to man, in mock fight; a tilt; one of the exercises at tournaments. They…Jüst, v. i. p. 732To engage in mock fight on horseback. That yet saw none appear That made or sign or show he came to just. Fairfax. 2. To push; to drive; to justle.Juste Milieu p. 732(Fr. Politics.) A party which claim to hold the proper middle point between the old monarchical and the recent republican principles.Jŭs'tice, n. p. 732The quality of being just; the rendering to every one his due, right, or desert; practical conformity to the laws and to principles of rectitude in the dealings of men with each other; honesty…Jūs'tĭçe, v. t. p. 733To administer justice to; to judge and requite. [Obs.] Bacon.Jūs'tiçe-a-ble, a. p. 733Liable to account in a court of justice. [Obs.] Hayward.Jūs'tiçe-ment, n. p. 733Administration of justice; the act or process of proceeding in court. [Obs.]Jūs'ti-çer, n. p. 733An administrator of justice; a justiciar. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Jūs'tiçe-ship, n. p. 733The office or dignity of a justice.Jus-ti'ci-a-ble, a. p. 733Proper to be examined in courts of justice. Bailey.Jus-tĭ'ci-ar or Jus-tĭ'ci-a-ry, n. p. 733An administrator of justice; a judge or justice. Burke. 2. A lord chief justice. Wharton. ☞ The chief justiciar, in early English history, was not only the chief justice of the kingdom, but also the…Jŭs'ti-cōat, n. p. 733A close coat or waistcoat with sleeves.Jūs'ti-fi/a-ble, a. p. 733Capable of being proved to be just; pronounced just, or absolved; defensible; vindicable. Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men. Shak. Syn.—Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable.Jūs'ti-fi'a-ble-ness, n. p. 733The quality of being justifiable; rectitude; possibility of being defended or vindicated.Jūs'ti-fi-a-bly, adv. p. 733In a manner that admits of vindication or justification; rightly.Jūs'ti-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 733The act of justifying; a showing to be just or conformable to law, rectitude, or propriety; vindication; defense; as, the court listened to the evidence and arguments in justification of the…Jūs'ti-fi-cā'tive, a. p. 733Justifying; having power to justify; justificatory.Jŭs'ti-fi-cā'tor, n. p. 733One who justifies; a justifier. Johnson.Jūs'ti-fi-cā'to-ry, a. p. 733Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.Jūs'ti-fi'er, n. p. 733One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, or defends. 2. One who pardons and absolves from guilt and punishment. That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Rom.…Jūs'ti-fy, v. t. p. 733To prove or show to be just, or conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty; to defend or maintain; to vindicate as right; to warrant. That to the height of this great argument I may…Jūs'ti-fy, v. i. p. 733(Print.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to conform exactly; to agree.Jus-tin'i-an, a. p. 733Pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman emperor Justinian.Jūs'tle, v. i. p. 733To run against; to encounter; to strike against; to clash. The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways. Nah. ii. 4.Jŭs'tle, v. t. p. 733To push; to drive; to force by rushing against;— commonly followed by off or out. We justled one another out, and disputed the post for a great while. Addison. No evangelical precept justles out that…Jūs'tle, n. p. 733An encounter or shock.Jūst'ly, adv. p. 733In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately; exactly. “In equal balance justly weighed.” Shak. Nothing can justly be despised that can not…Jūst'ness, n. p. 733The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; equity; as, the justness of proportions; the justness of a description or…