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Joint FirnounMWEa jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seedsverified
Joint ResolutionnounMWEa resolution passed by both houses of a bicameral legislative body which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive or passed over the Chief Executive's vetoverified
Joint SnakenounMWEa snakelike lizard of Europe, Asia, and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long, fragile tailverified
Joint VenturenounMWEa venture by a partnership or conglomerate designed to share risk or expertiseverified
Joint-Stock CompanynounMWEa company which has the capital of its members pooled in a common fundverified
Jointed CharlocknounMWEEurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruitsverified
Jointer PlanenounMWEa long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit togetherverified
Jointing PlanenounMWEa long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit togetherverified
Jook HousenounMWEa small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukeboxverified
Jook JointnounMWEa small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukeboxverified
Jordan AlmondnounMWEa Spanish almond often salted or covered with a hard, colored sugar coatingverified
Journalist's PrivilegenounMWEthe right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential informationverified
Journey CakenounMWEcornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle, chiefly in New England, also called johnny cakeverified
Judgement by DefaultnounMWEa judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant fails to appear in courtverified
Judgement DaynounMWEin the New Testament, the day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly livesverified
Judgement in RemnounMWEa judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing as opposed to one pronounced on personsverified
Judgement on the MeritsnounMWEjudgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presentedverified
Judgement on the PleadingsnounMWEa judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of lawverified
Judgment by DefaultnounMWEa judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant fails to appear in courtverified
Judgment in RemnounMWEa judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing as opposed to one pronounced on personsverified
Judgment LiennounMWElien on a debtor's property that is granted to a creditor by court judgmentverified
Judgment of ConvictionnounMWEa final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposedverified
Judgment on the MeritsnounMWEjudgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presentedverified
Judgment on the PleadingsnounMWEa judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of lawverified
Judicial ActivismnounMWEthe judicial interpretation of law based largely on the personal or political opinions of the judge rather than strictly on current lawverified
Judicial AdmissionnounMWEan agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding relating to the business before the courtverified
Judicial BranchnounMWEthe branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justiceverified
Judicial DecisionnounMWEthe determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to itverified
Judicial ReviewnounMWEreview by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial courtverified
Judicial SalenounMWEa sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligationverified
Judicial SeparationnounMWEa judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apartverified
Judicial SystemnounMWEthe system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of governmentverified
Judicial TorturenounMWEtorture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officialsverified
Jug BandnounMWEa musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instrumentsverified
Jugal PointnounMWEthe craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic boneverified
Juice HarpnounMWEa small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavityverified
Juice ReamernounMWEa squeezer with a conical ridged center that is used for squeezing juice from citrus fruitverified
Juke HousenounMWEa small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukeboxverified
Juke JointnounMWEa small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukeboxverified
Jumbie BeadnounMWEa West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seedsverified
Jumby BeadnounMWEWest Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seedsverified
Jumby BeannounMWEsmall tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowersverified
Jump BagnounMWEA Jump Bag is a container that has all the items necessary to respond to an incident inside to help mitigate the effects of delayed reactions.verified
Jump RopenounMWEa length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over itverified
Jump ShotnounMWEin basketball, when a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jumpverified
Jumping BeannounMWEseed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumbleverified
Jumping BristletailnounMWEwingless insect living in dark moist places as under dead tree trunksverified
Jumping GenenounMWEa segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome, especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a wholeverified
Jumping JacknounMWEplaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling stringsverified
Jumping MousenounMWEany of several primitive mouselike rodents with long hind legs and no cheek pouchesverified
Jumping SeednounMWEseed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumbleverified