Justiciary Jus·ti"ci·a·ry noun [ Confer Late Latin
justitiarius , French
justicier . See
Justice .]
(Old Eng. Law) An old name for the judges of the higher English courts. » The
chief justiciary , or
justiciar , in early English history, was not only the chief justice of the kingdom, but also
ex officio regent in the king's absence.
Court of justiciary (Scots Law) ,
the supreme criminal court, having jurisdiction over the whole of Scotland.
Justico, Justicoat Jus"ti·co, Jus"ti·coat` noun [ French
justaucorps , lit., close to the body.]
Formerly, a close coat or waistcoat with sleeves.
Justifiable Jus"ti·fi`a·ble adjective [ Confer French
justifiable . See
Justify .]
Capable of being justified, or shown to be just. Just are the ways of God,
An justifiable to men.
Milton. Syn. -- Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable; exculpable; authorizable. --
Jus"ti*fi`a*ble*ness ,
noun --
Jus"ti*fi`a*bly ,
adverb
Justification Jus`ti·fi·ca"tion noun [ Latin
justificatio : confer French
justification . See
Justify .]
1. The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification . I hope, for my brother's justification , he wrote this but as an essay or taste of my virtue.
Shak. 2. (Law) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer. 3. (Theol.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements. Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification .
Rom. iv. 25. In such righteousness
To them by faith imputed, they may find
Justification toward God, and peace
Of conscience.
Milton. 4. (Print.) Adjustment of type by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment.
Justificative Jus·tif"i·ca·tive adjective [ Confer French
justificatif .]
Having power to justify; justificatory.
Justificator Jus"ti·fi·ca`tor noun [ Late Latin
justificator : confer French
justificateur .]
One who justifies or vindicates; a justifier. Johnson.
Justificatory Jus·tif"i·ca·to·ry adjective Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.
Justifier Jus"ti·fi`er noun One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves. Justifiers of themselves and hypocrites.
Strype. That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Rom. iii. 26.
Justify Jus"ti·fy transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Justified ;
present participle & verbal noun Justifying .] [ French
justifier , Latin
justificare ;
justus just +
-ficare (in comp.) to make. See
Just ,
adjective , and
-fy .]
1. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty. That to the height of this great argument
I may assert eternal providence,
And justify the ways of God to men.
Milton. Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up a government.
E. Everett. 2. To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear. I can not justify whom the law condemns.
Shak. 3. (Theol.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve. By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Acts xiii. 39. 4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm. [ Obsolete]
Shak. 5. (Print.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See Justification , 4. Syn. -- To defend; maintain; vindicate; excuse; exculpate; absolve; exonerate.
Justify Jus"ti·fy intransitive verb 1. (Print.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly. 2. (Law) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Justify Jus"ti·fy transitive verb (Law) (a) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation. (b) To qualify (one's self) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property. The production of bail in court, who there justify themselves against the exception of the plaintiff.
Bouvier's Law Dict.
Justinian Jus·tin"i·an adjective Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian.
Justle Jus"tle intransitive verb [ Freq. of
joust ,
just ,
intransitive verb See
Joust ,
intransitive verb , and confer
Jostle .]
To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle. Shak. The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways.
Nahum ii. 4.
Justle Jus"tle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Justled ;
present participle & verbal noun Justling .]
To push; to drive; to force by running against; to jostle. We justled one another out, and disputed the post for a great while.
Addison.
Justle Jus"tle noun An encounter or shock; a jostle.
Justly Just"ly adverb [ From
Just ,
adjective ]
In a just manner; in conformity to law, justice, or propriety; by right; honestly; fairly; accurately. "In equal balance
justly weighed."
Shak. Nothing can justly be despised that can not justly be blamed: where there is no choice there can be no blame.
South.
Justness Just"ness noun The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause. In value the satisfaction I had in seeing it represented with all the justness and gracefulness of action.
Dryden. »
Justness is properly applied to things, and
justice to persons; but the distinction is not always observed.
Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; correctness; propriety; fitness; reasonableness; equity; uprightness; justice.
Jut Jut (jŭt)
intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Jutted ;
present participle & verbal noun Jutting .] [ A corruption of
jet .]
1. To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building. "In
jutting rock and curved shore."
Wordsworth. It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
Sir T. Browne. 2. To butt. [ Obsolete] "The
jutting steer."
Mason.
Jut Jut noun 1. That which projects or juts; a projection. 2. A shove; a push. [ Obsolete]
Udall.
Jute Jute (jūt)
noun [ Hind.
jūt , Sanskrit
jūta matted hair; confer
jata matted hair, fibrous roots.]
The coarse, strong fiber of the East Indian Corchorus olitorius , and C. capsularis ; also, the plant itself. The fiber is much used for making mats, gunny cloth, cordage, hangings, paper, etc.
Jutes Jutes (jūts)
noun plural sing.
Jute .
(Ethnol.) Jutlanders; one of the Low German tribes, a portion of which settled in Kent, England, in the 5th century.
Jutlander Jut"land·er noun A native or inhabitant of Jutland in Denmark.
Jutlandish Jut"land·ish adjective Of or pertaining to Jutland, or to the people of Jutland.
Jutting Jut"ting adjective Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc. --
Jut"ting*ly ,
adverb
Jutty Jut"ty noun [ See
Jetty ,
Jut ,
Jet .]
A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jetty. Shak.
Jutty Jut"ty transitive verb & i. To project beyond. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Juvenal Ju"ve·nal noun [ Latin
juvenalis youthful, juvenile, from
juvenis young.]
A youth. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Juvenescence Ju`ve·nes"cence noun A growing young.
Juvenescent Ju`ve·nes"cent adjective [ Latin
juvenescens , present participle of
juvenescere to grow young again, from
juvenis young.]
Growing or becoming young.
Juvenile Ju"ve·nile adjective [ Latin
juvenilis , from
juvenis young; akin to English
young : confer French
juvénile ,
juvénil . See
Young .]
1. Young; youthful; as, a juvenile appearance. "A
juvenile exercitation."
Glanvill. 2. Of or pertaining to youth; as, juvenile sports. Syn. -- Puerile; boyish; childish. See
Youthful .
Juvenile Ju"ve·nile noun A young person or youth; -- used sportively or familiarly. C. Bronté.
Juvenileness Ju"ve·nile·ness noun The state or quality of being juvenile; juvenility.
Juvenility Ju`ve·nil"i·ty noun ;
plural Juvenilities . [ Latin
juvenilitas : confer French
juvénilité .]
1. Youthfulness; adolescence. Glanvill. 2. The manners or character of youth; immaturity. Glanvill.
Juvia Ju"vi·a noun (Botany) A Brazilian name for the lofty myrtaceous tree ( Bertholetia excelsa ) which produces the large seeds known as Brazil nuts.
Juwansa Ju·wan"sa noun (Botany) The camel's thorn. See under Camel .
Juwise Ju·wise" noun [ Obsolete]
Same as Juise . Chaucer.
Juxtapose Jux`ta·pose" transitive verb [ Confer
Juxtaposit ,
Pose .]
To place in juxtaposition. Huxley.
Juxtaposit Jux`ta·pos"it transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Juxtaposited ;
present participle & verbal noun Juxtapositing .] [ Latin
juxta near +
positus , past participle of
ponere to put.]
To place in close connection or contiguity; to juxtapose. Derham.
Juxtaposition Jux`ta·po·si"tion noun [ Latin
juxta near +
positio position: confer French
juxtaposition . See
Just ,
intransitive verb , and
Position .]
A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side; as, a juxtaposition of words. Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition .
Glanvill. Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity.
Hare.
Jymold Jym"old (jĭm"ŏld)
adjective [ Obsolete]
See Gimmal .
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