Jur"don (jûr"dn), n. Jordan. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ju"rel (?), n. (Zoöl.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as
a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevallé, jack, buffalo
jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse
mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes
called jurel.
{ Ju*rid"ic (?), Ju*rid"ic*al (?), } a. [L. juridicus relating to the
administration of justice; jus, juris, right, law + dicare to
pronounce: cf. F. juridique. See Just, a., and Diction.] Pertaining to
a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice;
used in courts of law; according to law; legal; as, juridical law.
"This juridical sword." Milton.
The body corporate of the kingdom, in juridical construction, never
dies.
Burke.
Juridical days, days on which courts are open.
Ju*rid*ic*al*ly, adv. In a juridical manner.
Ju`ris*con"sult (?), n. [L. jurisconsultus; jus, juris, right +
consulere, consultum, to consult: cf. F. jurisconsulte.] (Law) A man
learned in the civil law; an expert in juridical science; a professor
of jurisprudence; a jurist.
Ju`ris*dic"tion (?), n. [L. jurisdictio; jus, juris, right, law +
dictio a saying, speaking: cf. OF. jurisdiction, F. juridiction. See
Just, a., and Diction.]
1. (Law) The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to
hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice;
judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits
or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the
jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its
authority or commission.
2. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right
of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising
authority.
To live exempt From Heaven's high jurisdiction.
Milton.
You wrought to be a legate; by which power You maim'd the
jurisdiction of all bishops.
Shak.
3. Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power
may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has
authority.
Jurisdiction, in its most general sense, is the power to make, declare,
or apply the law. When confined to the judiciary department, it is what
we denominate the judicial power, the right of administering justice
through the laws, by the means which the laws have provided for that
purpose. Jurisdiction is limited to place or territory, to persons, or
to particular subjects. Duponceau.
Ju`ris*dic"tion*al (?), a. [Cf. LL. jurisdictionalis, F.
juridictionnel.] Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as, jurisdictional
rights. Barrow.
Ju`ris*dic"tive (?), a. Having jurisdiction. Milton.
Ju`ris*pru"dence (?), n. [L. jurisprudentia; jus, juris, right, law +
prudentia a foreseeing, knowledge of a matter, prudence: cf. F.
jurisprudence. See Just, a., and Prudence.] The science of juridical
law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state
or community, necessary for the due administration of justice.
The talents of Abelard were not confined to theology,
jurisprudence, philosophy.
J. Warton.
Medical jurisprudence, that branch of juridical law which concerns
questions of medicine.
Ju`ris*pru"dent (?), a. [See Jurisprudence.] Understanding law; skilled
in jurisprudence. G. West.
Ju`ris*pru"dent, n. [Cf. F. jurisprudent.] One skilled in law or
jurisprudence. [R.] De Quincey.
Ju`ris*pru*den"tial (?), a. Of or pertaining to jurisprudence. Stewart.
Ju`rist (?), n. [F. juriste, LL. jurista, fr. L. jus, juris, right,
law. See Just, a.] One who professes the science of law; one versed in
the law, especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and
international law.
It has ever been the method of public jurists to &?;raw a great
part of the analogies on which they form the law of nations from
the principles of law which prevail in civil community.
Burke.
{ Ju*ris"tic (?), Ju*ris"tic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a jurist,
to the legal profession, or to jurisprudence. [R.] "Juristic ancestry."
Lowell.
Ju"ror (?), n. [F. jureur one who takes oath, L. jurator a swearer, fr.
jurare, jurari, to swear. See Jury, n.]