Tag: JA
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J-2
J-2 in the National Security Context A definition and brief description of J-2 in relation to national security is as follows:Joint intelligence, the office supporting the intelligence needs of a joint or unified command. For the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Defense Intelligence Agency serves […]
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Jactura
(Lat. jaeeo, to throw). A jettison. …
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Jack
Etimology of Jack (You may find Jack at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). masc. proper name, attested by 1218, probably via Anglo-French Jake, Jaikes, from Old French Jacques (which was a diminutive of Latin Jacobus; see Jacob), but in English the name always […]
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Jawbone
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Jawbone (You may find jawbone at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). also jaw-bone, mid-15c., from jaw; this term is also a noun. + bone; this term is also a noun. Hence jawboning “lecturing, hectoring” (1966), a […]
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J’accuse
Etimology of J’accuse (You may find j’accuse at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). French, literally “I accuse,” a phrase made famous by Emile Zola in a public letter (published Jan. 13, 1898) attacking the irregularities of the Dreyfus trial.
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Jail-bait
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Jail-bait (You may find jail-bait at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). also jailbait, “girl under the legal age of consent conceived as a sex object,” 1928, from jail; this term is also a noun. + bait
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Jail
A house or building used for the purpose of a public prison , or where persons under arrest are kept. The term has acquired the extended meaning of any place where a person is confined, such as a mental hospital. See People v Grawlin, 217 N. W.2d 404, 52 Mich.App. 467.
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Jactitation of Marriage
In English ecclesiastical law. The boasting by an individual that he or she has married another, from which it may happen that they will acquire the reputation of being married to each other. The ecclesiastical courts may in such cases entertain a libel by the party injured, and, on proof […]
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Jape
verbbemock burlesque caricature chaff flout fool gibe at imitate insultingly jeer jest joke lampoon laugh at make fun of mimic mock parody <li…
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Jargon
(Technical language), nounargot cant code coined words language of a particular profession legalese neologism neology private language professional language professional vocabulary speci…
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Jape
verbbemock burlesque caricature chaff flout fool gibe at imitate insultingly jeer jest joke lampoon laugh at make fun of mimic mock parody <li…
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Jargon
(Technical language), nounargot cant code coined words language of a particular profession legalese neologism neology private language professional language professional vocabulary speci…
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Jactation
nounboast boastfulness brag braggadocio braggardism conceit fanfaronade gasconade jactitation ostentation pretension rodomontade selfglorification swagger swank</…
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J
The initial letter of the words Judge or Justice.
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Jacitation
Boasting of something which is false. Technically a false pretention to marriage. A jacitation suit is an action by which a plaintiff who is in actual possession of realty as owner seeks to protect his possession against another who, plaintiff alleges, is slandering his title. See Bossier’s […]