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a. Containing abjuration. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Abjured p. pr. & vb. n. Abjuring ] [ L. abjurare to deny upon oath; ab + jurare to swear, fr. jus, juris, right, law; cf. F. abjurer. See Jury. ] 1. To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow; as, to abjure allegiance to a prince. To abjure the realm, is to swear to abandon it forever. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To renounce or reject with solemnity; to recant; to abandon forever; to reject; repudiate; as, to abjure errors. “Magic I here abjure.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Renounce. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To renounce on oath. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Renunciation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who abjures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. adjuratio, fr. adjurare: cf. F. adjuration. See Adjure. ] 1. The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The form of oath or appeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Persons who . . . made use of prayer and adjurations. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adjuratorius. ] Containing an adjuration. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjured p. pr. & vb. n. Adjuring . [ L. adjurare, adjurdium, to swear to; later, to adjure: cf. F. adjurer. See Jury. ] To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. Josh. vi. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. Matt. xxvi. 63. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adjures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who swears to another's credibility. W. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conjuratio, cf. F. conjuration. ] 1. The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration. [ 1913 Webster ]

We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; . . .
Under this conjuration speak, my lord. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of invoking supernatural aid by the use of a magical form of words; the practice of magic arts; incantation; enchantment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy. [ Obs. ] “The conjuration of Catiline.” Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] (O. Eng. Law) One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conjured p. pr. & vb. n. Conjuring. ] [ F. conjurer, fr. L. conjurare to swear together, to conspire; con- + jurare to swear. See Jury. ] To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure. [ 1913 Webster ]

I conjure you, let him know,
Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To combine together by an oath; to conspire; to confederate. [ A Latinism ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons
Conjured against the Highest. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm. [ 1913 Webster ]

She conjures; away with her. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dealing with witches and with conjurers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the account the loser brings,
The conjurer knows who stole the things. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. invoking a spirit or devil. See conjure, v.. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Law) One bound by a common oath with others. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice of magic; enchantment. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to de facto. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ pl. Dies juridici [ L. ] (Law) A court day. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Injured p. pr. & vb. n. Injuring. ] [ L. injuriari, fr. injuria injury, perh. through F. injurier to insult, in OF. also, to injure; or perhaps fr. E. injury, or F. injure injury. See Injury. ] To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

When have I injured thee? when done thee wrong? Shak.

Syn. -- To damage; mar; spoil; harm; sully; wrong; maltreat; abuse; insult; affront; dishonor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having received an injury;-- usually used of physical or mental injury to persons. Opposite of uninjured. [ Narrower terms: abraded, scraped, skinned ; battle-scarred, scarred; bit, bitten, stung ; black-and-blue, livid ; bruised, contused, contusioned ; bruised, hurt, wounded ; burned; cut, gashed, slashed, split ; disabled, hors de combat, out of action ; disjointed, dislocated, separated ; hurt, wounded ; lacerated, mangled, torn; maimed, mutilated ] Also See: broken, damaged, damaged, impaired, unsound, wronged. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. subjected to an injustice.
Syn. -- aggrieved. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who injures or wrongs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Injurie [ L. ] (Law) Injury; invasion of another's rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. injuriousus, injurius; cf. F. injurieux. See Injury. ] 1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till the injurious Roman did extort
This tribute from us, we were free. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous; as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without being injurious to the memory of our English Pindar. Dryden.

Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful; deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully; hurtfully; mischievously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being injurious or hurtful; harmfulness; injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Injuries [ OE. injurie, L. injuria, fr. injurius injurious, wrongful, unjust; pref. in- not + jus, juris, right, law, justice: cf. F. injure. See Just, a. ] Any damage or hurt done to a person or thing; detriment to, or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character. [ 1913 Webster ]

For he that doeth injury shall receive that that he did evil. Wyclif(Col. iii. 25). [ 1913 Webster ]

Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on trifling arguments. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Riot ascends above their loftiest towers,
And injury and outrage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional doing of wrong. Fleming.

Syn. -- Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment; wrong; evil; injustice. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ F. & L. ] 1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) The Jurassic period. See Jurassic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. jus, juris, right. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Pertaining to natural or positive right. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By the adjective jural we shall denote that which has reference to the doctrine of rights and obligations; as by the adjective “moral” we denote that which has reference to the doctrine of duties. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Juramenta [ L. ] (Roman & Old Eng. Law) An oath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Geol.) Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, about 190 to 140 million years ago, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oölite, and Wealden; -- named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains. It was noted for the predominance of dinosaurs on land, and the development of the first birds and mammals. -- n. The Jurassic period or formation; -- called also the Jura. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Prov. F. jurat, fr. L. juratus sworn, p. p. of jurare to swear. See Jury, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The memorandum or certificate at the end of an asffidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed. Wharton. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. juratorius, fr. jurare to swear: cf. F. juratoire. ] Relating to or comprising an oath; as, juratory caution. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be blended. -- Ju`ra-tri*as"sic a. [1913 Webster]

n. Jurisdiction. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Jordan. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), 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 Caranx fallax) are also sometimes called jurel.

{ } 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The body corporate of the kingdom, in juridical construction, never dies. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Juridical days, days on which courts are open. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a juridical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. jurisdictio; jus, juris, right, law + dictio a saying, speaking: cf. OF. jurisdiction, F. juridiction. See Just, a., and Diction. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To live exempt
From Heaven's high jurisdiction. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

You wrought to be a legate; by which power
You maim'd the jurisdiction of all bishops. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. jurisdictionalis, F. juridictionnel. ] Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as, jurisdictional rights. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having jurisdiction. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]