Chapter June to Juror of J by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Jurdiccion
(Jur*dic"ci*on) n. Jurisdiction. [Obs.]

Jurdon
(Jur"don) n. Jordan. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Jurel
(Ju"rel) n. (Zoöl.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; — called also hardtail, horse crevallé, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel.

Juridic
(Ju*rid"ic Ju*rid"ic*al) a. [L. juridicus relating to the administration of justice; jus, juris, right, law + dicare to pronounce: cf. F. juridique. See Just, a., and Diction.] Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law; legal; as, juridical law. "This juridical sword." Milton.

The body corporate of the kingdom, in juridical construction, never dies.

Burke.

Juridical days, days on which courts are open.

Juridically
(Ju*rid*ic*al*ly), adv. In a juridical manner.

Jurisconsult
(Ju`ris*con"sult) n. [L. jurisconsultus; jus, juris, right + consulere, consultum, to consult: cf. F. jurisconsulte.] (Law) A man learned in the civil law; an expert in juridical science; a professor of jurisprudence; a jurist.

Jurisdiction
(Ju`ris*dic"tion) n. [L. jurisdictio; jus, juris, right, law + dictio a saying, speaking: cf. OF. jurisdiction, F. juridiction. See Just, a., and Diction.]

1. (Law) The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission.

2. The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority.

To live exempt
From Heaven's high jurisdiction.

Milton.

You wrought to be a legate; by which power
You maim'd the jurisdiction of all bishops.

Shak.

3. Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority.

Jurisdiction, in its most general sense, is the power to make, declare, or apply the law. When confined to the judiciary department, it is what we denominate the judicial power, the right of administering justice through the laws, by the means which the laws have provided for that purpose. Jurisdiction is limited to place or territory, to persons, or to particular subjects. Duponceau.

Jurisdictional
(Ju`ris*dic"tion*al) a. [Cf. LL. jurisdictionalis, F. juridictionnel.] Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as, jurisdictional rights. Barrow.

Jurisdictive
(Ju`ris*dic"tive) a. Having jurisdiction. Milton.

Jurisprudence
(Ju`ris*pru"dence) n. [L. jurisprudentia; jus, juris, right, law + prudentia a foreseeing, knowledge of a matter, prudence: cf. F. jurisprudence. See Just, a., and Prudence.] The science of