Ju"ry (?), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) For temporary use; --
applied to a temporary contrivance.
Jury mast, a temporary mast, in place of one that has been carried
away, or broken. -- Jury rudder, a rudder constructed for temporary
use.
Ju"ry (?), n.; pl. Juries (#). [OF. jurée an assize, fr. jurer to
swear, L. jurare, jurari; akin to jus, juris, right, law. See Just, a.,
and cf. Jurat, Abjure.]
1. (Law) A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law,
impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to
render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced.
See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest.
The jury, passing on the prisoner's life.
Shak.
2. A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an
exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize.
Jury of inquest, a coroner's jury. See Inquest.
Ju"ry*man (?), n.; pl. Jurymen (&?;). One who is impaneled on a jury,
or who serves as a juror.
Ju"ry-rigged` (?), a. (Naut.) Rigged for temporary service. See Jury,
a.
Jus"si (?), n. A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands
from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made.
Just (?), a. [F. juste, L. justus, fr. jus right, law, justice; orig.,
that which is fitting; akin to Skr. yu to join. Cf. Injury, Judge,
Jury, Giusto.]
1. Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong
to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest;
true; -- said both of persons and things. "O just but severe law!"
Shak.
There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth
not.
Eccl. vii. 20.
Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have.
Lev. xix. 36.
How should man be just with God?
Job ix. 2.
We know your grace to be a man. Just and upright.
Shak.
2. Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed
to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact;
normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just
inference.
Just of thy word, in every thought sincere.
Pope.
The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship To meet his
grace just distance 'tween our armies.
Shak.
He was a comely personage, a little above just stature.
Bacon.
Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat.
Jer. Taylor.
When all The war shall stand ranged in its just array.
Addison.
Their named alone would make a just volume.
Burton.
3. Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable;
fair; impartial; as, just judge.
Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in
others, even when they do not practice it themselves.
Tillotson.
Just intonation. (Mus.) (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals;
true pitch. (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or
their exact mathematical ratio, or without temperament; a process in
which the number of notes and intervals required in the various keys is
much greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems of
temperament. H. W. Poole.
Syn. -- Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial; proper;
exact; normal; orderly; regular.
Just, adv. 1. Precisely; exactly; -- 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 the beast.
Sir P. Sidney.
To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one.
Shak.