Legal Definitions and Terms - "J" List
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List of legal terms beginning with the Letter "J"
- J Curve
- J Visa
- J-1 Visa
- Jackson Standard
- Jackson-Denno Hearing
- Jactitation of Marriage
- Jactitatory Action
- JAG
- Jail
- Jail Credit
- Jail or Lockup for Adults
- Jailbait
- Jailhouse Lawyer
- Jamaican Switch
- James Hearing
- James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
- Jane Doe
- Janitorial Contract
- January Barometer
- January Effect
- Japan-United States Friendship Commission
- Jay Walking
- Jedburgh Justice
- Jencks Act
- Jennifer's Law
- Jensen Doctrine
- Jensen Index
- Jeopardy
- Jeopardy Assessment
- Jetsam
- Jetsam Flotsam, and Ligan
- Jettison [Aeronautics and Space]
- Jewell Instruction
- Jewelry
- Jewelry Trade Association
- Jim Crow
- Jim Crow Laws
- Jimmy Ryce Act
- Jingle Rule
- Jitney [Finance]
- Job Action
- Job Analysis
- Job Classification
- Job Corps
- Job Description
- Job Evaluation
- Job Finding Club
- Job Hunting
- Job Lot
- Job Readiness
- Job Readiness Training [Education]
- Job Search Program
- Job Search Workshop
- Job Security
- Job Security Index
- Job Security Score
- Job Sharing
- Job Shop
- Job Specification
- Job Task Analysis [Department of Energy]
- Job Training [Education]
- Jobber
- Jobbers Agreement
- Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act
- Johannas Law
- John Doe
- John Doe Defendant
- John Doe Summons
- John Doe Warrant
- Joinder
- Joint
- Joint Account
- Joint Account Transaction [Agricultural Marketing Service]
- Joint Action
- Joint Adventure
- Joint Agreement
- Joint and Mutual Will
- Joint and Several Bond
- Joint and Several Liability
- Joint and Several Note
- Joint and Survivor Annuity
- Joint Annuity
- Joint Applicants (Trademark)
- Joint Bank Account
- Joint Bankruptcy Petition
- Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries
- Joint Bond
- Joint Check Agreement
- Joint Chiefs of Staff [JCS]
- Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
- Joint Committee (Constitution)
- Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- Joint Conservatorship
- Joint Contract
- Joint Costs
- Joint Covenant
- Joint Custody
- Joint Debtors’ Acts
- Joint Defendant/ Co-defendant
- Joint Doctrine (Military Law)
- Joint Enterprise (Gaming Law)
- Joint Enterprise [Tort]
- Joint Executors
- Joint Field Office [JFO]
- Joint Financing Arrangement [Agriculture]
- Joint Float
- Joint Heir
- Joint Implementation Plan for a Comprehensive National Nutrition Monitoring System
- Joint Information Center [JIC]
- Joint Information System
- Joint Interagency Coordination Group
- Joint Inventor
- Joint Legal Custody
- Joint Managing Conservators
- Joint Mortgage
- Joint Newspaper Operating Arrangement
- Joint Operation
- Joint Parenting Agreement
- Joint Payees
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Joint Physical Custody (Divorce)
- Joint Primary Aircraft Training System
- Joint Program
- Joint Property
- Joint Resolution
- Joint Return
- Joint Return Test
- Joint Rule
- Joint Sentence
- Joint Session
- Joint Stock Company
- Joint Survivorship Agreement
- Joint Suspension
- Joint Tenancy
- Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship
- Joint Terrorism Task Force
- Joint Tortfeasor
- Joint Tortfeasor Release
- Joint Trespass
- Joint Trespassers
- Joint Trial
- Joint Trustees
- Joint Underwriting Association
- Joint Venture
- Joint venture Corporation
- Joint Verdict
- Joint Will
- Joint Work
- Joint-Check Rule
- Joint-Defense Privilege
- Jointure
- Jones Act
- Journal
- Journal of Notarial Acts
- Journalist's Privilege
- Journey Account
- Journeyman
- Joyriding
- Judex Non Potest Esse Testis In Propria Causa
- Judex, A Quo /Ad Ouem
- Judge
- Judge Advocate
- Judge Made Laws
- Judge of Competent Jurisdiction
- Judge Pro Tempore
- Judge-Hosted Settlement Conferences
- Judge-Shopping
- Judge's Fiat
- Judge’s Notes
- Judgement Proof
- Judgment Book
- Judgment by Operation of Law
- Judgment Creditor
- Judgment Debtor
- Judgment In Rem
- Judgment Lien Creditor
- Judgment Liens
- Judgment Nisi
- Judgment Non Obstante Veredicto
- Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict
- Judgment of Divorce
- Judgment of His Peers
- Judgment of Nil Capiat Per Breve
- Judgment of Non Suit
- Judgment of Possession
- Judgment of Retraxit
- Judgment on Merits
- Judgment on the Verdict
- Judgment Rating
- Judgment Recovered
- Judgment Rendered
- Judgment Revival
- Judgment Roll
- Judgments
- Judicandum Est Legibus Non Exemplis
- Judicate
- Judicatio
- Judicature
- Judices Pedaneos
- Judici Satis Poena Est Quod Deum Habet Ultorem
- Judicial
- Judicial Accounting
- Judicial Act
- Judicial Activism
- Judicial Admission
- Judicial and Execution Sales
- Judicial Arbitration
- Judicial Assistance
- Judicial Bond
- Judicial Branch
- Judicial Bypass Appeals
- Judicial Clerkship
- Judicial Comity
- Judicial Conduct
- Judicial Conference
- Judicial Confession
- Judicial Discretion
- Judicial Divorce
- Judicial Duty
- Judicial Economy
- Judicial Employee
- Judicial Estoppel
- Judicial Exclusion
- Judicial Foreclosure
- Judicial Hearing Officer (JHO)
- Judicial Immunity
- Judicial Independence
- Judicial Interim Release
- Judicial Legislation
- Judicial Lien
- Judicial Misconduct
- Judicial Mortgage
- Judicial Notice
- Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts
- Judicial Oath
- Judicial Officer
- Judicial Partition
- Judicial Personnel
- Judicial Power
- Judicial Precedent
- Judicial Privilege
- Judicial Release
- Judicial Restraint
- Judicial Review
- Judicial Sale
- Judicial Self-Restraint
- Judicial Sovereignty
- Judicial Subpoena
- Judicial Transfer
- Judicial Writ
- Judicial-Bypass Provision
- Judicially Created Double-Patenting Rejection
- Judiciary Act of 1789
- Judiciary Act of 1869
- Judicis Officium Est Ut Res Ita Tempora Rerum Quarere; Quaesito Tempore Tutus Eris
- Judicium Dei
- Jumbo Loan
- Jump Bail
- Junior Chamber International
- Junior Counsel
- Junior Creditor
- Junior Debenture
- Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994
- Junior Execution
- Junior High School
- Junior Lien
- Junior Mortgage
- Junior or Community College
- Junior Partner
- Junior Right
- Junior Widow
- Junior Writ
- Junk Automobile
- Junk Bonds
- Junk Dealer
- Junk Muni-Bond Fund
- Junket Enterprise
- Junkyard
- Jura Majestatis
- Jural Act
- Jural Agent
- Juramentum corporalis
- Juramentum Fidelitatis
- Juramentum Necessarium
- Juramentum Voluntarium
- Jurat
- Juration
- Jure
- Jure Coronae
- Jure Gestionis
- Jure Representationis
- Jure Uxoris Estate
- Juridical Act
- Juridical Link
- Juridical Person
- Juridical Science
- Jurimetrics
- Juris Doctor (JD)
- Juris et de Jure
- Juris Utriusque Doctor
- Juris Utrum
- Jurisconsult
- Jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction in Rem
- Jurisdiction of Organization
- Jurisdiction of the Cause
- Jurisdiction of the Person
- Jurisdiction over the Action
- Jurisdiction Ratione Materiae
- Jurisdiction Ratione Personae
- Jurisdiction Ratione Temporis
- Jurisdictional Amount
- Jurisdictional Arbitrage
- Jurisdictional Dispute
- Jurisdictional Statement
- Jurisdictional Strike
- Jurisprudence
- Jurisprudence Constante
- Jurisprudence of Conceptions
- Juristic Act
- Juror
- Juror Misconduct
- Juror Qualification Form
- Juror Summons
- Juror's Oath
- Jury
- Jury Administrator
- Jury Box
- Jury Charge
- Jury Clerk
- Jury Commissioner
- Jury Decision
- Jury Foreman
- Jury Instruction
- Jury Nullification
- Jury of Matrons
- Jury of the Vicinage
- Jury Pool
- Jury Stress
- Jury Summation
- Jury Summons
- Jury Tampering
- Jury Trial
- Jury Wheel
- Jus
- Jus Accrescendi Inter Mercatores Locum Non Habet, Pro Beneficio Commercii
- Jus Ad Bellum
- Jus Ad Rem
- Jus Animalium
- Jus Aquaeductus
- Jus Banci
- Jus Belli
- Jus Civile
- Jus Civitatis
- Jus Cogens
- Jus Connubii
- Jus Coronae
- Jus Dare
- Jus Dicere
- Jus Disponendi
- Jus Dispositivum
- Jus Eminens
- Jus Ex Injuria Non Oritur
- Jus Fetiale
- Jus Fruendi
- Jus Gentium
- Jus Honorarium
- Jus Imaginis
- Jus in Bello
- Jus in Personam
- Jus In Re
- Jus Incorporale
- Jus Inter Gentes
- Jus Naturale
- Jus Necessitatis
- Jus Offerendi
- Jus Publicum
- Jus Quaesitum Tertio
- Jus Regale
- Jus Relictae
- Jus Representationis
- Jus Sanguinis
- Jus Sibi Dicere
- Jus soli
- Jus Spatiandi Et Manendi
- Jus Stapulae
- Jus Strictum
- Jus Tertii
- Jus Tractatuum
- Just
- Just Cause
- Just Compensation
- Just Consideration
- Just In Time [Business]
- Just Title
- Just-as-Probable Rule
- Justice
- Justice Management Division [JMD]
- Justice of the Peace
- Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System
- Justices
- Justices in Eyre
- Justiciability
- Justiciar
- Justifiable Homicide
- Justifiable Reliance
- Justifiable Trespass
- Justification
- Justinian Code
- Juvenile
- Juvenile Blended Sentencing
- Juvenile Corrections
- Juvenile Court
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Juvenile Delinquency Program
- Juvenile Delinquent
- Juvenile Diversion Agreement
- Juvenile Drug Court
- Juvenile Holding Facility [Juvenile Law]
- Juvenile Justice
- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
- Juvenile Justice Expenditures
- Juvenile Justice System Assessment
- Juvenile Non Offender
- Juvenile Offender
- Juvenile Officer
- Juvenile Probation
- Juvenile Sex Crimes
- Juvenile Sex Offender
