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TermDefinitionCountryCitation/Link
jacket foundationa jacket/lattice type structure constructed of concrete, steel or steel and concrete which is fixed to the seabed at three or more points with driven or pre-installed piles or suction caissons, including associated scour protection, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems, boat landings comprising an access ladder with vertical boat fenders fitted either side, access and work platforms and equipment;United Kingdom2014 No. 2594
jacket structurea lattice type structure constructed of steel, which may include scour protection and additional equipment such as, J-tubes, corrosion protection systems and access platform(s);United Kingdom2014 No. 2950
jammerany device or combination of devices that transmits, emits or radiates electromagnetic energy and that is designed to cause, causes or is capable of causing interference or obstruction to radiocommunication, other than a device or combination of devices for which standards have been established under paragraph 5(1)(d) or 6(1)(a) or for which a radio authorization has been issued.CanadaR.S.C., 1985, c. R-2
jandaa female who has been married and whose marriage has been terminated by divorce or the death of her husband;SingaporeCap. 3
jawatankuasa daeraha committee of a daerah masjid appointed under rules made under section 86(1);SingaporeCap. 3
jelly mini-cupsjelly confectionery of a firm consistence, contained in semi-rigid mini-cups or mini-capsules, intended to be ingested in a single bite by exerting pressure on the mini-cup or mini-capsule to project the confectionery into the mouth;United Kingdom2004 No. 187
jerry cana metal or plastic packaging of rectangular or polygonal cross-section with one or more orifices;United Kingdom2003 No. 533
jet aeroplanean aeroplane powered by turbo jet engines or turbo fan engines;United Kingdom2002 No. 798
jet boata vessel in which an internal combustion engine is installed that powers a water-jet pump as the vessel’s primary source of propulsion and is designed with an open area for carrying passengers.CanadaSOR/2011-10
jetty premisesthe works authorised by the Humber Sea Terminal Orders 1994 to 2006 and the land and premises at any time belonging to, or vested in, the Company and used or set aside for the purposes of, or in connection with, the commercial management and operation of those works;United Kingdom2006 No. 2604
jettycollectively Works Nos. 1, 2 and 3;United Kingdom2012 No. 1914
jetwaya walkway which facilitates the movement of passengers between the terminal building of an airport and an aircraft;Irelandwww.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/si/06...
job classtwo or more positions in the same job group that have similar duties and responsibilities, require similar qualifications, are part of the same compensation plan and are within the same range of salary rates.CanadaS.C. 2009, c. 2, s. 394
job search programa job search workshop or job finding club.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
job search workshopa short (1 to 3 days) seminar designed to provide participants with knowledge that will enable the participants to find jobs. Subjects are not limited to, but should include, labor market information, resume writing, interviewing techniques, and techniques for finding job openings.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
job transfer.any change in job tasks, titles, exposures, and/or job description.United States71 FR 6858
job-sharera full time teacher or chaplain who, under an arrangement which has been approved by the Minister, works half the standard number of hours of a full time teacher or chaplain to which Part 2 applies;Irelandwww.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/si/04...
jobseeker’s allowancean allowance payable under Part II of the Jobseekers Order (the jobseeker’s allowance);”.United Kingdom1996 No. 430
jobseeker’s allowancean income-based Jobseeker’s allowance;United Kingdom1996 No. 3195
jobseekera person who enters the United Kingdom in order to seek employment and can provide evidence that he is seeking employment and has a genuine chance of being engaged.United Kingdom2006 No. 1003
jobseeking periodany period throughout which the claimant satisfies or is treated as satisfying the conditions specified in Article 3(2)(a) to (c) and (e) to (i) of the Order (conditions of entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance).United Kingdom1996 No. 200
jobseeking periodthe period described in regulation 47 and any period treated as a jobseeking period pursuant to regulation 47A(8);United Kingdom1998 No. 198
joball the functional work which can reasonably be carried out most economically and efficiently under one arrangement;United Kingdom1995 No. 677 (S. 54)
joban existing employment position of a qualified business that has provided employment to a qualified employee of at least 1,820 hours annually.United StatesTAX CODE - Title 2 - Chapter
joined boardsboards joined at an angle, so that only 1 surface of each is suitable for advertising;United Kingdom2015 No. 66
joining datethe date on which a school joins a group, specified in writing by the National Assembly under regulation 21(3);United Kingdom2001 No. 2709 (W. 228)
joining noticea notice given under section 9(2);United Kingdom2010 No. 122
joint accountany account in the names of 2 or more persons but excludes any partnership account, trust account and any account where a minor is one of the joint account holders.SingaporeCap. 70
joint adoption panelan adoption panel established in accordance with regulation 3(5);United Kingdom2005 No. 1313 (W. 95)
joint and survivor pension benefitan immediate pension benefit that continues at least until the death of the member or former member or the death of the survivor of the member or former member, whichever occurs later;CanadaR.S.C., 1985, c. 32 (2nd Supp.
joint appointment postsfull-time posts involving both teaching and hospital duties to which persons are appointed jointly by a Board and the Queen’s University of Belfast;United Kingdom1996 No. 562
joint awarda single award made jointly by two or more awarding bodies;IrelandNumber 28 of 2012
joint boarda joint board named in column 1 of Table 1 or Table 2 in the Schedule;United Kingdom2013 No. 121
joint boarda valuation joint board established under article 2(1) of the Valuation Joint Boards (Scotland) Order 1995(10).United Kingdom2005 No. 127
joint buying agreementan agreement between two or more Submarine Enterprise Collaboration Participants for the joint purchase of goods or services;United Kingdom2008 No. 1820
joint committeea joint committee established under Part 7;IrelandNumber 37 of 2001
joint committeea joint committee of Cavan and Leitrim County Councils appointed for the control and management of the Ballinamore/Ballyconnell drainage district.Irelandwww.irishstatutebook.ie/1996/en/si/00...
joint debt payment programmea debt payment programme applied for by two debtors jointly in accordance with regulation 22;United Kingdom2011 No. 141
joint decisiona decision, made jointly by all relevant competent authorities and the EEA consolidated supervisor, in relation to an application or a proposal;United Kingdom2006 No. 3221
joint discipline committeea committee constituted in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1;United Kingdom2006 No. 330
joint electionan election made jointly in prescribed form by the pensioner and the pension transferee and filed with the Minister with both the pensioner’s and the pension transferee’s returns of income for the taxation year in respect of which the election is made, on or before their respective filing-due dates for the taxation year.CanadaR.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
joint enterprisesany company regulated by Greenland law comprising one or more Community shipowners and one or more partners in Greenland, with the aim of fishing for and possibly exploiting Greenland fishing quotas in the waters under the sovereignty and/or jurisdiction of Greenland by vessels flying the flag of Greenland with a view to the priority supply of the Community market.European Union22001A0802(01)
joint enterprisea commercial enterprise with one or more partners who are nationals of the third country in which the vessel is registered.European Union31999R2792
joint exploration corporationa principal-business corporation that has not at any time since its incorporation had more than 10 shareholders, not including any individual holding a share for the sole purpose of qualifying as a director;CanadaR.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
joint fulfilment agreementthe terms of an agreement, in accordance with Article 4 of the Kyoto Protocol, between the Union, its Member States and any third country to fulfil their commitments under Article 3 of the Kyoto Protocol, for the second commitment period, jointly;’;European Union32014R0662
joint functiona function exercisable jointly with a Minister of the Crown or government department.United Kingdom2010 No. 1627
joint inspectionan inspection by both the Adult Learning Inspectorate and the Chief Inspector of Schools;United Kingdom2001 No. 799
joint instabilityacquired lack of stability of a joint due to damage to or abnormality of the stabilizing structures of that joint, manifesting as recurrent subluxation, recurrent dislocation or recurrent sprain.Australiahttps://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20...
joint investigation teama joint investigation team established under section 3 or 4 ;IrelandNumber 20 of 2004
joint investment businessof the signature of one or more of those persons;IrelandNumber 37 of 1998
joint local access foruma local access forum established for an area which includes the areas or parts of the areas of two or more appointing authorities;United Kingdom2007 No. 268
joint local development documenta local development document prepared jointly by one or more constituent authorities;United Kingdom2011 No. 1455
joint local development schemea local development scheme prepared jointly by one or more constituent authorities;United Kingdom2011 No. 1455
joint operating agreementan agreement between joint licensees of a licence which provides for the commercial basis of the licensees’ joint venture and may include the appointment of a person as the operator who is responsible for the day-to-day affairs of the joint venture.United Kingdom2013 No. 1329
joint operating entityan entity that is lawfully organized under State law as a public body or cooperative prior to September 22, 2000, and is formed by and whose members or participants are two or more public bodies or cooperatives, each of which was a customer of the Bonneville Power Administration on or before January 1, 1999.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
joint operationa joint farming operation in which two or more farmers work together sharing equally or unequally land, labor, equipment, expenses, and income.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
joint overview and scrutiny committeea committee appointed under regulation 3(1).United Kingdom2013 No. 1050 (W. 112)
joint overview and scrutiny committeean overview and scrutiny committee appointed under regulation 30;United Kingdom2013 No. 218
joint panela joint panel established by an agreement under section 67.CanadaS.C. 2003, c. 7
joint planning committeea committee established pursuant to section 214;CanadaR.S.C., 1985, c. L-2
joint police boarda joint police board constituted by an amalgamation scheme;United Kingdom1996 No. 745 (S. 78)
joint police committeea joint police committee constituted by an amalgamation scheme;United Kingdom1996 No. 745 (S. 78)
joint policing committeea committee established under section 36 ;IrelandNumber 20 of 2005
joint regulationsregulations prescribed jointly by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Treasury under section 53502(b) of this title.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
joint representative bodythose referred to in Articles 3 and 7 of Directive 91/440/EEC;European Union32001L0016
joint researcha research, technological development or demonstration project that is implemented with financial support from one or both Parties and that involves collaboration between participants from both the Community and India and is designated as joint research in writing by the Parties or the Executive Agents. Where there is funding by only one Party, the designation shall be made by that Party and the participant in that project;European Union22002A0809(01)
joint resolutiononly a joint resolution introduced in the period beginning on the date on which the report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress and ending 60 days thereafter (excluding days either House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session of Congress), the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: "That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the ____ relating to ____, and such rule shall have no force or effect." (The blank spaces being appropriately filled in).United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
joint returna single return made jointly under section 6013 by a husband and wife.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
joint scrutiny arrangementsarrangements made under regulation 30(1) or (5);United Kingdom2013 No. 218
joint spousal or common-law partner trusta trust to which paragraph 104(4)(a) would apply if that paragraph were read without reference to subparagraph 104(4)(a)(iii) and clause 104(4)(a)(iv)(A);CanadaR.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.)
joint use airportan airport owned by the Department of Defense, at which both military and civilian aircraft make shared use of the airfield.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
joint venturean association of persons, when the relationship among those associated persons does not, under the laws of Canada, constitute a corporation, partnership or trust;CanadaS.C. 1995, c. 28
joint venturean association of two or more entities, if the relationship among those associated entities does not, under the laws in Canada, constitute a corporation, a partnership or a trust and if all the undivided ownership interests in the assets of the Canadian carrier or in the voting interests of the Canadian carrier are or will be owned by all the entities that are so associated.CanadaS.C. 1993, c. 38
joint waste disposal authorityany of the authorities established under the 1985 Order and named in Schedule 1 to that Order.United Kingdom2006 No. 248
joint-usethat, during periods when any of the restricted airspace areas are not needed by the using agency for its designated purposes, the airspace will be returned to the controlling agency for access by other NAS users. The Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center is the controlling agency for the restricted areas.United States77 FR 36907
joint-years of cannabisa calculation of consumption where one joint-year of cannabis equals one joint per day for a period of one year;Australiahttps://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20...
jointly certifythat all of the members of the committee make the section 13 certification concerned.IrelandNumber 35 of 2013
journalistic materialmaterial acquired or created for the purposes of journalism but only if such material is in the possession of a person who acquired or created it for such purposes; and a person who receives material from someone who intends that the recipient shall use it for such purposes is to be taken to have acquired it for those purposes;KenyaCAP. 245
journalthe journal published under paragraph (1).United Kingdom2006 No. 1975
journeya journey by road;United Kingdom1999 No. 454
judge advocatethe Judge Advocate General or a judge advocate specified by him to conduct proceedings under these Rules;United Kingdom2009 No. 1098
judge of High Court judge levela person in sub-paragraphs (i) to (x) of paragraph (b) in the definition of “judge” in rule 2.3;United Kingdom2014 No. 667 (L. 11)
judge of the Crown Courtthe judge of the Crown Court who has conduct of the proceedings;United Kingdom2006 No. 487
judge of the United Statesa United States district judge, or a United States magistrate judge appointed under the authority of chapter 43 of title 28.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
judge's salarythe salary of a judge received under section 7443(c), retired pay received under section 7447(d), and compensation (in lieu of retired pay) received under section 7447(c).United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
judge-arbitratora judge of the Commercial...United Kingdom1996 c. 23
judges of the Courtjudges elected under Article 22 or appointed under Article 27 of the Convention;United Kingdom2000 No. 1817
judgea District Judge in all cases where proceedings are taken in a District Court;SingaporeCap. 84
judgea judge of Ontario Court of Justice. R.S.O. 1990, c. E.6, s. 70; 2005, c. 23, s. 4 (1).Canadawww.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90e06
judgment creditora person entitled to enforce an order;United Kingdom1996 No. 322
judgment creditora person in whose favour a foreign judgment is rendered, and includes the person’s assigns, successors, heirs, executors, liquidators of the succession, administrators and legal representatives.CanadaS.C. 2001, c. 6
judgment debtora person against whom a foreign judgment is rendered, and includes a person against whom the foreign judgment is enforceable under the law of the state in which it is rendered.CanadaS.C. 2001, c. 6
judgment debtora person against whom a judgment or order was given or made;United Kingdom2001 No. 2792 (L. 29)
judgment mortgagea mortgage registered by a creditor under section 116 ;IrelandNumber 27 of 2009
judgment summonsa summons issued under Article 108 of the Order.United Kingdom1996 No. 322
judgment-debtorany person against whom a decree has been passed or an order capable of execution has been made;KenyaCAP. 21
judgmenta decision of a Convention court made in accordance with the provisions of the Convention awarding compensation to a person in respect of pollution damage incurred by him or her;IrelandNumber 29 of 2006
judgmenta judgment of a court of a member State other than the United Kingdom which orders the divorce of, annulment of the marriage of, or the judicial separation of a married same sex couple.United Kingdom2014 No. 362
judicial authoritythe judge, magistrate or other person authorised under the law of the Member State concerned to perform functions the same as or similar to those performed under section 33 by a court in the State;IrelandNumber 45 of 2003
judicial district(i) in the case of a United States district court, a judicial district of the United States, and (ii) in the case of a State court, the applicable geographic area over which such court exercises jurisdiction.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
judicial examination of evidencean examination of evidence that is carried out by a Japanese court based on an ICC request under the provisions of article 93, paragraph 1 of the Statute, as assistance for the examination of evidence carried out by the Appeals Chamber or Trial Chamber prescribed in article 39, paragraph 2 of the Statute;JapanAct No. 37 of 2007
judicial lienlien obtained by judgment, levy, sequestration, or other legal or equitable process or proceeding.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
judicial membera member of the Tribunal appointed under paragraph 3(2)(a);CanadaR.S.C., 1985, c. 19 (2nd Supp.
judicial memberthe Chairperson or a judicial member designated by the Chairperson.CanadaSOR/2008-141
judicial office in the Superior Courtsthe office of judge of the High Court or the office of judge of the Supreme Court;IrelandNumber 6 of 2009
judicial officera United States district court judge or a United States magistrate judge.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
judicial officera judicial officer appointed under section 75L of AA 1955 or AFA 1955 or section 47M of NDA 1957;United Kingdom2009 No. 1059
judicial officean office being the office of ordinary judge of the Supreme Court, ordinary judge of the High Court, ordinary judge of the Circuit Court or judge of the District Court (other than the President of the District Court).IrelandNumber 31 of 1995
judicial or other proceedingsby which a divorce, an annulment of marriage or a legal separation may be obtained in a country and which are done in compliance with the law of that country;SingaporeCap. 353
judicial pension schemea public service pension scheme under which pensions and other benefits are payable in respect of service in one or more qualifying judicial offices (whether or not in respect of service in such offices alone);United Kingdom1997 No. 2667
judicial personnelany judge, magistrate, court counselor, court clerk, court administrator, bailiff, probation officer, officer of the court, dispute resolution facilitator, or other official, employee, or volunteer within the tribal judicial system.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
judicial police officialboth a judicial police officer and a judicial constable; the same shall apply hereinafter) may, when it is necessary for investigation, designate the date, place and time of the interview or sending or receiving of documents or articles prescribed in paragraph (1) only prior to the institution of prosecution; provided, however, that such designation shall not unduly restrict the rights of the suspect to prepare for defense.JapanAct No. 131 of 1948
judicial proceedinga proceeding before any court, tribunal or person having by law power to hear, receive and examine evidence on oath;SingaporeCap. 63
judicial review procedurethe Part 8 procedure as modified by this Part;United Kingdom2000 No. 2092 (L. 16)
judiciaryholders of an...United Kingdom2013 c. 25
junction design drawingsdrawings specified in article 34(1)(h) and certified as the junction design drawings by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Order;United Kingdom2014 No. 2269
junctiona road junction;United Kingdom2002 No. 3113
junctionthe junction of Southend Road with Lechmere Approach and the un-named road.United Kingdom1996 No. 2387
junior advocateany advocate who is not a Queen’s Counsel.”.United Kingdom2007 No. 2936
junior advocateany advocate who is not a Queen’s Counsel;United Kingdom2013 No. 614
junior collegean institution for providing full-time pre-university education, and includes any centralised institute or school which provides pre-university education;SingaporeCap. 87A, RG 2
junior counselany advocate other than a Queen’s Counsel.United Kingdom2001 No. 1437
junior counselcounsel who is not senior counsel;”;United Kingdom2011 No. 135
junior equity interestcommon stock or, in the case of a partnership, any partnership interest under which the rights as to income and capital (or, to the extent provided in regulations, the rights as to either income or capital) are junior to the rights of all other classes of equity interests.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
junior facultya faculty member who was awarded a doctorate less than 10 years before receipt of an award from the grant program described in subsection (b)(2).United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
junior officersofficers at the management level.CanadaSOR/2010-120
junior police officera police officer who is below the rank of inspector;SingaporeCap. 126B
junior pupila child who has not attained the age of 12;United Kingdom1999 No. 1726
junior remand centrea place designated as such under section 88 ;IrelandNumber 24 of 2001
junior schoola primary school for the purpose of providing education for children who are of compulsory school age who have attained the age of eight;United Kingdom2006 No. 3346
juridical person of a Partya juridical person of the EC Party or a Signatory CARIFORUM State set up in accordance with the laws of a Member State of the European Union or of a Signatory CARIFORUM State respectively, and having its registered office, its central administration, or its principal place of business in the territory to which the Treaty establishing the European Community applies or in the territory of a Signatory CARIFORUM State, respectively;European Union22008A1030(01)
juridical person of the Uniona juridical person set up in accordance with the laws of a Member State of the Union or of Iraq, respectively, and having its registered office, central administration, or principal place of business in the territory to which the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply or in the territory of Iraq, respectively. Should the juridical person have only its registered office, central administration, or principal place of business in the territory to which the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union apply or in the territory of Iraq, respectively, it shall not be considered as a juridical person of the Union or a juridical person of Iraq, respectively, unless its operations possess a real and continuous link with the economy of the Union or of Iraq, respectively;European Union22012A0731(01)
juridical personany legal entity duly constituted or otherwise organised under applicable law, whether for profit or otherwise, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship or association;European Union22008A1030(01)
jurisdiction,an entity that has regulatory authority over an organization responsible for the design and continued airworthiness of a civil aeronautical product or article. The concept of “airworthiness jurisdiction” is addressed by the reference to regulatory authority.United States74 FR 53368
jurisdictional ratesrates accepted or established by the Commission for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce, the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce, the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce, and the sale in interstate commerce of natural gas for resale for ultimate public consumption for domestic, commercial, industrial, or any other use.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
jurisdictiona State or unit of general local government.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
justice of the peacea full justice or a JP;United Kingdom2007 No. 210
justice of the peacea justice of the peace or a magistrate.United Kingdom2005 No. 854
justices' clerkthe justices' clerk for the justices who are to hear or have heard an application;United Kingdom2002 No. 2998 (L. 17)
justices' legal advisera justices' clerk or an assistant to a justices' clerk;”.United Kingdom2008 No. 3269 (L. 28)
justicea justice as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code;CanadaS.C. 1990, c. 21
justicea justice as defined in the Criminal Code.CanadaR.S.C., 1985, c. N-5
justifiedjustified by its economic, social or other benefits in relation to the health detriment it may cause.United Kingdom2004 No. 1769
justifiedjustified by its economic, social or other benefits in relation to the health detriment it may cause;United Kingdom2015 No. 209
juvenile correctional officera department employee whose primary duties include the custodial supervision of children in the custody of the department.United StatesHUMAN RESOURCES CODE - Title 1
juvenile justice centrea juvenile justice centre established under the Criminal Justice (Children) Northern Ireland) Order 1998(5);”;United Kingdom2005 No. 766
juvenile liaison officera member of the Garda Síochána assigned by the Commissioner to perform the duties which he or she considers appropriate for such a member, including duties assigned under Part 4 or any regulations under that Part;IrelandNumber 24 of 2001
juvenile season fishing rod licencea fishing licence issued by the Board to a person who has not attained the age of 19 years for one rod and line to fish for, take and kill salmon, trout and rainbow trout and for two rods and lines or hand lines to fish for, take and kill eels and coarse fish;United Kingdom2003 No. 525
juvenile season fishing rod licencea licence issued by the Board to a person who has attained the age of 12 years but who has not attained the age of 19 years for one rod and line or hand line to fish for, take and kill salmon, freshwater fish and eels;”.United Kingdom2002 No. 371
juvenilea male or female person who is 7 years of age or above and below the age of 16 years;SingaporeCap. 38
juvenilea person who is less than 18 years of age.United Statesuscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...