JUNIPER
JU'NIPER, noun [Latin juniperus.] A tree or shrub bearing berries of a bluish color, of a warm, pungent, sweet taste, yielding when fresh, by expression, a rich, sweet, aromatic...
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JUNK
JUNK, noun [Latin juncus.]1. Pieces of old cable or old cordage, used for making points, gaskets, mats, etc., and when untwisted and picked to pieces, it forms oakum for filling...
JUNKET
JUNK'ET, noun [See Juncate.] A sweetmeat.1. A stolen entertainment.JUNK'ET, verb intransitive To feast in secret; to make an entertainment by stealth.1. To feast.Job's children ...
JUNTO
JUN'TO, noun [Latin junctus, joined.]1. Primarily, a select council or assembly, which deliberates in secret on any affair of government. In a good sense, it is not used in Engl...
JUPITER
JU'PITER, noun [Latin the air or heavens; Jovis pater.]1. The supreme deity among the Greeks and Romans.2. One of the superior planets, remarkable for its brightness. Its diamet...
JUPPON
JUPPON', noun A short close coat.
JURAT
JU'RAT, noun [Latin juratus, sworn, from juro, to swear.]In England, a magistrate in some corporations; an alderman, or an assistant to a bailiff.
JURATORY
JU'RATORY, adjective [Latin juro, to swear.]Comprising an oath; as juratory caution. [Little used.]
JURIDICAL
JURID'ICAL, adjective [Latin juridicus; jus, juris, law, and dico, to pronounce.]1. Acting in the distribution of justice; pertaining to a judge.2. Used in courts of law or trib...
JURIDICALLY
JURID'ICALLY, adverb According to forms of law, or proceedings in tribunals of justice; with legal authority.
JURISCONSULT
JURISCON'SULT, noun [Latin juris consultus; jus and consultus, consulo, to consult.] Among the Romans, a man learned in the law; a counselor at law; a master of Roman jurisprude...
JURISDICTION
JURISDIC'TION, noun [Latin jurisdictio; jus, juris, law, and dictio, from dico, to pronounce.]1. The legal power of authority of doing justice in cases of complaint; the power o...
JURISDICTIONAL
JURISDIC'TIONAL, adjective Pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.
JURISDICTIVE
JURISDIC'TIVE, adjective Having jurisdiction.
JURISPRUDENCE
JURISPRU'DENCE, noun [Latin jurisprudentia; jus, law, and prudentia, science.] The science of law; the knowledge of the laws, customs and rights of men in a state or community, ...
JURISPRUDENT
JURISPRU'DENT, adjective Understanding law.
JURISPRUDENTIAL
JURISPRUDEN'TIAL, adjective Pertaining to jurisprudence.
JURIST
JU'RIST, noun [Latin jus, juris, law.]1. A man who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, or more particularly, in the civil law; a civilian.2. One versed in the l...
JUROR
JU'ROR, noun [Latin jurator; or rather juro, to swear.]One that serves on a jury; one sworn to deliver the truth on the evidence given him concerning any matter in question or o...
JURY
JU'RY, noun [Latin juro, to swear.] A number of freeholders, selected in the manner prescribed by law, empaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to dec...
JURYMAN
JU'RYMAN, noun One who is empaneled on a jury, or who serves as a juror.
JURYMAST
JU'RYM'AST, noun A mast erected in a ship to supply the place of one carried away in a tempest or an engagement, etc. The most probable origin of the word jury, in this compound...
JUSE
JUSE, nounjuse The sap of vegetables; the fluid part of animal substances.JUICE, verb transitive To moisten.
JUST
JUST, adjective [Latin justus. The primary sense is probably straight or close, from the sense of setting, erecting, or extending.]1. Regular; orderly; due; suitable.When allThe...
JUSTICE
JUST'ICE, noun [Latin justitia, from justus, just.]1. The virtue which consists in giving to every one what is his due; practical conformity to the laws and to principles of rec...
JUSTICEABLE
JUST'ICEABLE, adjective Liable to account in a court of justice. [Little used.]
JUSTICER
JUST'ICER, noun An administrator of justice. [Little used.]