-v. 3. feast, picnic, eat, drink and be merry; entertain, host, regale.
4. go on an excursion or outing, take a trip, go on a cruise.
junta, n. 1. council, assembly, conclave, convocation, synod, consistory.
2. cabal, camarilla, junto, self-appointed committee, ring, gang, band, crew, party; faction, clique, coterie, set, Inf push; union, coalition, combination, league, confederacy.
junto, n. self-appointed committee, cabal, camarilla, junta. See - junta (def. 2). jurisdiction, n. 1. authority, dominion, domination, administration; sovereignty, prerogative, predominance, rule, reign, hegemony; control, sway, mastery, influence, guidance, leadership; authorization, permit, power, force, sanction.
2. judicature, judicatory.
3. domain, realm, dominion, province, principality, palatinate; bailiwick, area, Inf. ballpark, Inf. lap.
jurisprudence, n. 1. law, science of law, Law. jus, legal philosophy; law-writing, nomology, nomogra-phy; Civil Law. court decisions.
2. body of laws, system of law, legal code, corpus juris, Law. digest, Law. equity; common law, statute law, international law, criminal law, Brit. Crown law; canon law, Corpus Juris Canonici, Codex Juris Cano-nici.
jurist, n. 1. lawyer, attorney, attorney-at-law, solicitor; counsel, counselor, legal advisor, legist; advocate, defense attorney, Inf. mouthpiece; prosecuting attorney, public prosecutor, district attorney, Inf. D.A., attorney general, publicist; criminal lawyer, Inf. shyster, Inf. ambulance chaser, Inf. pettifogger; notary, notary public, Scot. law agent, Scot. writer to the signet, India, pundit; All Brit, barrister, King's or Queen's Counsel, Inf. K.C., Inf. Q.C., silk, silk gown, junior barrister, junior counsel, sergeant at law, tubman.
2. judge, (collectively) judiciary, justice, judicator, magistrate, justice of the peace, Inf. J.P.; judge advocate, presiding judge, probate judge, police judge, circuit judge, Supreme Court judge, Chief Justice, Inf. his Honor; All Brit. Lord Justice, Lord Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Chief Justice, Lord Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls; his Lordship, his Worship, barmas-ter, judge of assizes, Inf beak.
3. arbiter, arbitrator, moderator, umpire, Inf. ump, referee, Inf. ref, linesman.
4. lawwiiter, nomologist, codifier; statute maker, legislator.
jury, n. 1. body of jurors, Law. veniremen, twelve just men, Inf. twelve men in a box, panel of peers, Law. country, Law. tales; grand jury, petty jury, coroner's jury, inquest, panel.
2. judges, adjudgers, prize jury, awards committee.
jury-rigged, adj., makeshift, stop-gap, expedient, improvised, temporary, impermanent, provisional, substitute, succedaneous; alternative, emergency, Fr. pis aller.
just, adj. 1. fair, impartial, fair-minded, equitable, even, even-handed; unbiased, objective, disinterested, dispassionate, unprejudiced, open-minded, neutral, tolerant; uninfluenced, unswayed, unbigoted, unwarped, undistorted.
2. upright, righteous, honorable, upstanding, noble; ethical, proper, moral, conscionable; principled, high-minded, right-minded, uncorrupt; good, sincere, true, earnest, conscientious, scrupulous; honest, truthful, veracious, straight, Inf. square, Inf. fair and square; straightforward, candid, open, aboveboard.