Jerez de la Frontera
         n 1: a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making
               sherry [syn: {Jerez}, {Jerez de la Frontera}]

English Dictionary: jerkwater	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jerked meat n meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun Synonym(s): jerky, jerked meat, jerk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jerkwater adj small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" Synonym(s): jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jurisdiction n (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district" Synonym(s): legal power, jurisdiction in law; the territory within which power can be exercised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jurisdictional adj restricted to the geographic area under a particular jurisdiction; "the jurisdictional limits of a state"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jurist n a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations Synonym(s): jurist, legal expert a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice Synonym(s): judge, justice, jurist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
juristic adj of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations Synonym(s): jural, juristic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jarosite \Ja*ro"site\, n. [From Barranco Jaroso, in Spain.]       (Min.)       An ocher-yellow mineral occurring on minute rhombohedral       crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jerk \Jerk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jerked}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Jerking}.] [Akin to yerk, and perh. also to yard a measure.]       1. To beat; to strike. [Obs.] --Florio.          2. To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull,             or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to             jerk a coat off.          3. To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the             hand; as, to jerk a stone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.          Note: 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jurisdictional \Ju`ris*dic"tion*al\, a. [Cf. LL.       jurisdictionalis, F. juridictionnel.]       Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.       --Barrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jurisdictive \Ju`ris*dic"tive\, a.       Having jurisdiction. -- Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jurist \Ju`rist\, n. [F. juriste, LL. jurista, fr. L. jus,       juris, right, law. See {Just}, a.]       One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law,       especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and       international law.                   It has ever been the method of public jurists 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.                                 -- Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Juristic \Ju*ris"tic\, Juristical \Ju*ris"tic*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to a jurist, to the legal profession, or to       jurisprudence. [R.] [bd]Juristic ancestry.[b8] --Lowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Juristic \Ju*ris"tic\, Juristical \Ju*ris"tic*al\, a.       Of or pertaining to a jurist, to the legal profession, or to       jurisprudence. [R.] [bd]Juristic ancestry.[b8] --Lowell.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Jerry City, OH (village, FIPS 39074)       Location: 41.25311 N, 83.60272 W       Population (1990): 517 (172 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
JRST          /jerst/ [based on the {PDP-10} jump instruction, obsolete] To       suddenly change subjects, with no intention of returning to       the previous topic.   Usage: rather rare except among PDP-10       diehards, and considered silly.   See also {AOS}.          [{Jargon File}]