USA Law

Category: J

  • Just

    Just in the United States Resources See Also Legal Topics. Further Reading (Articles) I Can’t Work out Why She Doesn’t Want Sex, Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); May 27, 2014 Why Every Day Should Be an Adventure for Your Kids, Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); May 27, 2014; Salmon, Lisa […]

  • Jural

    Jural in the United States Resources See Also Legal Topics. Further Reading (Articles) From W. N. Hohfeld to J. R. Commons, and beyond? A Law and Economics Enquiry on Jural Relations, The American Journal of Economics and Sociology; April 1, 2010; Vatiero, Massimiliano Jural Districting: […]

  • Judicial

    Judicial in United States Judicial Definition 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 […]

  • Junior

    Junior in United States Junior Definition Younger; subsequent to in point of time. Thus, junior creditor, one whose claim accrued after that of another; junior judgment, one entered after another against the same person; junior writ, one issued after another against the same person. The term […]

  • Judgment Day

    Judgment Day in the United States Resources See Also Legal Topics.

  • Jactitation

    Jactitation in United States Jactitation Definition Throwing out; a false boasting. Jactitation in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Jactitation, Jactitation in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Jactitation, Jactitation in the European Legal Encyclopedia., Jactitation, Jactitation […]

  • Just Compensation

    Just Compensation in the United States Introduction According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, the just compensation clause of the Fifth Amendment demands that a private property owner be made whole financially when property is taken by the federal government for public […]

  • Judicial Impeachment

    Judicial Impeachment in the United States According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, the Constitution is remarkably Delphic on the subject of judicial removal. Article III provides that judges shall hold office during good Behavior, but leaves that term undefined and fails […]

  • Judicial Contempt

    Judicial Contempt in the United States Any act that obstructs the administration of justice by a court or that brings disrespect on a court or its authority. Judicial contempt may be direct in that it occurs in the presence of the court and constitutes a direct affront to the court’s […]

  • Judicial Self-Restraint

    Judicial Self-Restraint in the United States A philosophy and style of judicial decision making that minimizes the extent to which judges apply their personal views to the legal judgments they render. Judicial self-restraint is particularly useful in analyzing the behavior of appellate courts […]

  • Judicial Policy Making

    Judicial Policy Making in the United States The nature of the policy making activity of any particular court is governed by its location in the organizational structure. Appeals courts generally have a different kind of policy making role from trial courts. Appellate court policy making has […]

  • Judicial Accountability

    Judicial Accountability in the United States The view that judges must be accountable to the public they serve. Judicial accountability becomes a critical issue in the choice of judicial selection methods. If accountability is assigned high priority, selection systems are chosen that allow the […]

  • Judicial Independence

    Judicial Independence in the United States Extent to which judges are free from political pressure or control. Judicial independence is desirable because it allows judges to render decisions without fear of reprisal, insulating them from outside influences. Judicial independence may be […]

  • Judicial Organization

    Judicial Organization in the United States The United States has a dual court system with multiple courts in each. That is, we divide the judicial functions between the federal government and the states. Within both the federal and state court systems, jurisdiction—a court’s power to […]

  • Judicial Function

    Judicial Function in the United States The roles performed by the courts in the political system of the United States. Several judicial functions are prominent. The first and most common is dispute resolution. The courts provide a forum for the presentation of arguments and processes by which […]