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,thu¡, and gim us a nlOn I'iel'! of Ihe difpenf:llion, of

heal'en towards this people, fo ntetimcs rdieving and

deliming them,

~nd

at others feverdy eh.l!iling

them by the hands of Iheir enemies.

JUDGMENT, among logicians, a faculty or ralher aél

of the human fou l, whercby i, compares its ideas, and

pereeil'es Iheir agleement or dlfagreement.

j I'

oc

E

'.1ENT,

in la"" the

f~nteoce

oC

the judgcs upoo

a

fuit,

6c.

JUDOIGNE, a tOII'Oof the Aunrian Nelherlaods. in

the province of Srabant, filuateJ on the river Gheet,

thimer. miles fouth·ean of Louvain, and h tceo nonh

of Namur.

IVES, or SI.

Iv

Es,

a

borough and port·town of

Com·.I'al, fituated

00

the l rilh ehanoel: it feods two

members to parliament:

W.

long.

6

0,

N. I. t.

50°

t8'.

j UGERUJIf, io Romao antiGuity, a fqua re of

120

Ro–

man feet; its proFonion to the Englifil acre being as

10000

to

i609 7.

j UGULAR, in anatomy, an appellation given to til'O

. eins of the oeek, which arife from the fubelarians.

See ASATOMY, pan IV.

IVICA, or YV ICA, the capital of 3n iO:lnd of the fame

name, fifly miles ean of V,leoeia io

Spa"n:

E. loog.

tO, N. lat.

39°.

j UICE, denotes the r.'p of vcgmbles, or the liquors of

animals.

j Uj USES, in the materia medica, tbe name of

a

frui!

of the pulpy kiod, produced OA a tree whieh Linn:!:us

makes

~

fpecies of Ihamnus. See RHAMNUS.

T he jujubes hal'e been made a general ingredient in

peéloral deeoaioos ; but Ihey are now feldom ufed on

thefe oeeafions, and are fearee at all heard of in pre·

feription, or to be met with in our Ihups.

j ULEP, in pharmaey, a medicine eompofed of fome

proper liquor, and a fyrup or fugar of eXlemporaneous

preparat:on, without decoaion, defigned fo r the eon-'

coaion or alteration

oC

Ihe humours, or rc[¡oring 'the

nrength .

J ULI AN, or SI. jULI ,IS, a harbour on Ihe coan of

patagonia, in South America, where Olips bound

tOthe fouth Ceas ufually toueh :

W.

long.

74°,

N.

lat.

48' 15'.

J UL IAN PH IOD, in chronology. See AsnosoMY,

p.

489.

] ULlERS, the

c~pital

of the duchy

oC

the Came name,

filllmd on Ihe river Roer. t\\'cnty miles wen of Co–

logn, and as many eall of ¡"laenricht: E. long.

6',

N.lar.

50° 55'

JU

LPI'Li , or

Old

j UL

PH

A, once the capital

oC

Armenia,

but nolV in ruins, the inh.lbitants being IránCpl,nted tO

a town within a mile

oC

íCp,han,

e~lIed

l

~IV

] ull'ha,

and there thcy carry on a Coreign trade wilh all eoun–

Iries in Afia. T he fitualion

oC

Old ] ulpha was in E.

long.

46',

N. lar.

39'.

J ULY, in chronology, tlle Ccl'cnth mOllth of the )'car,

fo ealled in honour of Julius (':tCar ; bdore whoCe time

it was

~nown

by the ramc of quilltilis, as b,ing the

fif:1t

month

oC

Ihe olJ R',"'.:n

y~ar.

j UNCUS, the RUSII, in botany,

3

¡;er.I:~

of t!l: he>:an·

dria

mnn',~yn;a

eI.fs

. T ite ealix has

r.x

/el.e, ;

it

has no coroll,; a1d the berry is dry, and cont.ins bUI

one CeeJ . There are

19

fpecies, twelve of them n.l–

tives of Dritain.

JUNGERM.'\NNl:\, a genus of lhe eryptogamia al,z

cl.lfs. Of whieh there are

29

fpeeies, all natives°of

Sritain.

JUN IPERUS, in botany, a genus of the direeia mooa.

delphia eI"Cs. T he male has no eorolla, but has three

~amina;

Ihe ealixof the (emale eoofills of three pms ;

tt

has thrce pctals, and three lIyli; and the berry contaios

three Cteds. T here are nine (peeies, only one of which,

viz.

the communis or eOlomon juniper, is a native

of

Sritain. The berries are uCed as earminatives

and

nomachies.

JUNK, in the fea.language, old cables Cut into filon

pieces, and given to boatCwains (or making fwabs,

plals, and nippers ; as alfo to the Ihip carpeoters, an,1

to poor people, 10 be pieked into oabm, for

caul~;ng

Olips,

&c.

JUNTO, in matte rs of government, denotes a Celeé!:

couneil for taking cognizance of a[airs of great con

re.

quence, which req"uire (ecreey.

In Spain and Portugal, it figni6es mueh the (ame

with eonvention, a(fembly, or board among us: thus

we meet

wit~

the junto of the three enates, o( eom–

meree, of tobaeeo,

&c.

See BOAR D,

&c.

IVORY, in natural hillory,

&c.

a hard, fo!id and firm

fubl!ance, of a

w~ite

eolour, and capable o( a very

good poliíh.

lt

is Ihe tunr of the elephant, (See

E–

LEPHH,) and is hollolV (rom the bdCe tO a eemin

height, the eavit)' being filled up with

a

COmpla me·

dullary Cubllanee, (eeming to have a great number of

glands i1 jt.

It

is obferved, that the Ceylon ivory,

and that

oC

the iOand of Achem, do not become )ellolv

in the wearing, as all olher ivory does

¡

for this rea–

fon the teeth of theCe places bear a larger priee than

Ihofe

oC

the eoan of Guinea.

JUPITER, in a(!ronorny. See AS TROSOM Y, p.

44r.

JUREA, or ju u, a IIrong eity in

It.ly

, io the pro·

I'ince of Piedmont, litualed onthe river Doria, fubjeél

to the king of Sard'nia: E long. 7°, 36'; N.lat.

o

'

45 '

22-

j URISPRUDENCE, the relenee of what

i~

jufl orun·

jull;; or the knolVledge of I,ws , :ights,.

eello~!, .n~.

tutes.

&c.

neee(f"y for the admlOtllrallon of JUillce,

j URY·MAST , whatever is fet up in roomof a

m.fI

Ihat has been 1011 in a llorm or in an

eng~gemcnr,

and

10

I'Ihich

a

Ie(f~r

yard, ropes, and f.lil!, are ¡ixe.!.

JUS DEL lnER ANDl , in Scots

I:tw,

that right which an

heir has, by I"IV,

~f

dcliherating for

a

eemin time

\Vh. lher he ",ill rcpr&nt his prtdcw1i>r.

Se~

LAW,

tit 27 .

Jus DEVOLUTUM , in S,otsla\V, the riflltoCthechurch,

of pr&nttng a miniller

10

a

v.leant p.tnO" In

c3f~

the

patron

01.111

negleél

10

ur. th It ri¡;hl wllh,n tI,e

11m:

limite,1

~y

la\\'.

See

LA IV, til.

j.

Ju s MAR ITI , in Seots

I~w,

the rt¡;ht dI,

hdbtn,13~'

quires

10

his wife's OIo\'c:tblc dlJtc,

111

vtrtu~

01

Ih~

1!lIrri.lge.

c:c LAW,

tit.

6.

Jus

RE ~I CT }í;,

iD

Seot!

I.\W,

the rig!1t

l}.C

wit::

1)J~

in

the