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<h1>Jurist</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju`rist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>juriste</ets>, LL. <ets>jurista</ets>, fr. L. <ets>jus</ets>, <ets>juris</ets>, right, law. See <er>Just</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and international law.</def>

<blockquote>It has ever been the method of public <b>jurists</b> to <?/raw a great part of the analogies on which they form the law of nations from the principles of law which prevail in civil community. <i> Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Juristic, Juristical</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw><hw>Ju*ris"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ju*ris"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a jurist, to the legal profession, or to jurisprudence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Juristic</i> ancestry."

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Juror</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju"ror</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>jureur</ets> one who takes oath, L. <ets>jurator</ets> a swearer, fr. <ets>jurare</ets>, <ets>jurari</ets>, to swear. See <er>Jury</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A member of a jury; a juryman.</def>

<blockquote>I shall both find your lordship judge and <b>juror</b>. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A member of any jury for awarding prizes, etc.</def>

<h1>Jury</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.</def>

<cs><col>Jury mast</col>, <cd>a temporary mast, in place of one that has been carried away, or broken.</cd> -- <col>Jury rudder</col>, <cd>a rudder constructed for temporary use.</cd></cs>

<h1>Jury</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Juries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OF. <ets>jur\'82e</ets> an assize, fr. <ets>jurer</ets> to swear, L. <ets>jurare</ets>, <ets>jurari</ets>; akin to <ets>jus</ets>, <ets>juris</ets>, right, law. See <er>Just</er>,<tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Jurat</er>, <er>Abjure</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. See <cref>Grand jury</cref> under <er>Grand</er>, and <er>Inquest</er>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>jury</b>, passing on the prisoner's life. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; <as>as, the art <ex>jury</ex> gave him the first prize</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Jury of inquest</col>, <cd>a coroner's jury. See <er>Inquest</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Juryman</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju"ry*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Jurymen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>One who is impaneled on a jury, or who serves as a juror.</def>

<h1>Jury-rigged</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Ju"ry-rigged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Rigged for temporary service. See <er>Jury</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Jussi</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Jus"si</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made.</def>

<h1>Just</h1> <Xpage=806>

<hw>Just</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>juste</ets>, L. <ets>justus</ets>, fr. <ets>jus</ets> right, law, justice; orig., that which is fitting; akin to Skr. <ets>yu</ets> to join. Cf. <er>Injury</er>, <er>Judge</er>, <er>Jury</er>, <er>Giusto</er>.]</ety>