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KEY, estates. A wharf at which to land goods from, or to load them in a vessel. This word is now generally spelled Quay, from the French, quai.KEYAGE....

KENTUCKY. The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. 2. This state was formerly a part of Virginia, and the latter state, by a...

JUSTIFICATION. The act by which a party accused shows and maintains a good and legal reason in court, why he did the thing he is called upon to answer...

JUSTICIAR, or JUSTICIER. A judge, or justice the same as justiciary.JUSTICIARII ITINERANTES, Eng. law. They were formerly justices, who were so called...

JUSTICES. Judges. Officers appointed by a competent authority to administer justice. They are so called, because, in ancient times the Latin word for ...

JUS IN RE, property, title. The right which a man has in a thing by which it belongs to him. It is a complete and full right. Poth. Dr. de Dora. de Pr...

JUS GLADII. Supreme jurisdiction. The right to absolve from, or condemn a man to death.JUS HABENDI. The right to have and enjoy a thing.JUS INCOGNITUM...

JUS AQUAEDUCTUS, CIV. law. The name of a servitude which Lives to the owner of land the right to bring down water through or from the land of another,...

JURY BOX. A place set apart for the jury to sit in during the trial of a cause. JURY LIST. A paper containing the names of jurors impanneled to try a ...

JURISPRUDENCE. The science of the law. By science here, is understood that connexion of truths which is founded on principles either evident in themse...