Latin for Lawyers

L ATIN FOR L AWYERS

JUDICIAL [L. iudico, iudicare / to judge; iudex / a judge] Concerning the process of judging, the administration of the courts, the entry and enforcement of judgments, and the judiciary. Under the American Con stitutional system, that branch of government charged with responsibility for trying all litigation, for resolving disputes, and for interpreting and applying the law. The system of federal courts is controlled by Article III of the Consti tution. Also, any act or document issued by a judge, as a judicial order or writ. JUDICIAL NOTICE Acceptance and recognition by a court of a fact which is so universally accepted as to require no evidentiary proof. A court may take judicial notice , for example, of the fact that New York has a larger population than Chicago. JUDICIARY That branch of government which is empowered to administer the courts and to interpret and apply the laws. All the judges of a particular jurisdiction. All judges everywhere. The system of courts operating in any jurisdiction. JUDICIUM A trial or inquiry. A judicial proceeding. An investigation. Also, judicial authority. A judgment or decision. JUDICIUM CAPITALE [L. judicium / + capitalis / of or relating to the head] A judgment that the defendant suffer execution. A sentence of death. JUDICIUM DEI [L. judicium / judgment + Deus, Dei / God] The judgment of God. In Rome, the judgment which followed a trial by ordeal of fire and water. JUDICIUM PARIUM [L. judicium + par, paris / equal] The judgment of his peers. JUNIOR [L. iuvenis / young; iuvenor, iuvenari / to act like a youth] Of less advanced age; younger. Lower in rank or position; inferior or subordi nate. A junior lien is a lien that has a lower priority than another lien, which is called the senior lien. A junior mortgage is a mortgage which by its terms is inferior to another mortgage or which was recorded subsequently to another. The latter is called the senior or prior mortgage. JURA [L. ius, iuris, iura / right, law; pertaining to law] Rights, laws. Concerning the laws. Founded in law. All those elements of a society covered by rules of law as distinguished from moral rules.

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