California License Real Estate Terms Glossary

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JALOUSIE

A screen or shutter consisting of overlapping horizontal slats that is used on the exterior to keep out sun and rain while admitting light and air.

JAMB

The side post or lining of a doorway, window, or other opening.

JOINT

The space between the adjacent surfaces of two components joined and held together by nails, glue, or cement, for example.

JOINT NOTE

A note signed by two or more persons who have equal liability for payment.

JOINT TENANCY

Joint ownership by two or more persons with right of survivorship. Four unities must be present: time, title, interest, and possession. Property held by two or more people with right of survivorship.

JOINT VENTURE

In legal effect it is a partnership for a limited, specific business project.

JOISTS

One of a series of parallel beams to which the boards of floor and ceiling laths or plaster boards are nailed and supported in turn by larger beams, girders, or bearing walls.

JUDGMENT

A court of competent jurisdiction's final determination of a matter presented to it. The final decision by a court in a lawsuit, motion, or other matter.

JUDGMENT AFFIRMED

A decision by an appellate court reaffirming, approving, and agreeing with an inferior court's decision.

JUDGMENT DEBTOR

A person who has an unsatisfied money judgment levied against him or her.

JUDGMENT LIEN

A money judgment that, because it has been recorded, has become a lien against the judgment debtor's real property.

JUDGMENT REVERSED

A decision by an appellate court disagreeing with an inferior court's decision and modifying tha decision to conform with its findings.

JUNIOR LIEN

A lien lower in priority or rank than another or other liens.

JUNIOR MORTGAGE

A mortgage second in lien to a previous mortgage.

JURISDICTION

The authority of a court to hear and decide a particular type of case. The power of a court to hear and decide a case or issue.

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