Jubal – Jumpers
Jubal
son of Lamech and Adah in the Genesis story, the inventor of the harp and organ, probably general terms for stringed and wind instruments. The meaning of the name is most likely significant, connected with yobel, "jubilee."
Judah
the 4th son of Jacob and Leah, and the head of the tribe of that name. It was to Judah that Jacob declared that the scepter should not depart from it till the coming of the Messiah; a prediction fulfilled in the advent of Christ.
Juda-Hakadosh
a famous rabbi whom he was preceptor. He is said to have been the original compiler of the Mischna, or the Talmudical text.
Judas' Tree
a genus of trees of the
Judgment Creditor
one to whom a court of law has awarded a certain sum of money as damages , etc., payable by the other party in the case.
Judgment Debt
a debt secured to the creditor by a judge's order, and in respect of which he can at any time attach the debtor's goods and chattels.
Such debts have the preference of being paid in full, as compared with simple contract debts.
Jukes
JOSEPH BEETE, an English geologist; born near Birmingham, England, Oct. 10, 1811. He was graduated at Cambridge in 1836; in 1839 appointed geological surveyor of Newfoundland ; in tralia" (1850); "Student's Manual of Geology" (1857, 5th ed. 1890); etc. He died in Dublin, Ireland, July 29, 1869.
Julep
in medicine, a demulcent, acidulous, or mucilaginous mixture. Also a fancy beverage composed of whisky, brandy, or other spirituous liquor, mixed with sugar, crushed ice, and sprigs of young mint; called also mint-julep.
Julia Gens
one of the most ancient patrician houses at Rome, of Alban origin, and removed to Rome by Tullus Hostilius on the destruction of Alba Longa. It claimed descent from the mythical Iulus, the son of Venus and Anchises. The most distinguished family of the Gens was that of Cæsar.
Julian
CARDINAL; born in 1398; was deputed by Pope Eugene IV. to counsel Ladislaus, King of Hungary, to break the peace concluded with Amurath II. A long and disastrous war was the result, during which the Christian army was defeated at Varna, in 1444. He presided at the council of Basle.
Julian Epoch
the epoch or commencement of the Julian calendar. The first Julian year began with Jan. 1, 46 B.
C., and the 768th from the year as- ., and the 768th from the year assigned to the foundation of Rome.
Jumpers
a class of religious faof religious fajumping during the time allotted for divine service. They arose in Wales in 1760. kind of deer found W. of the Mississippi;