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 Jury Leg (A).Jus Civi’le. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Jury Mast.
 
A corruption of joury mast—i.e. a mast for the day, a temporary mast, being a spar used for the nonce when the mast has been carried away. (French, jour, a day.)   1
 


 Jury Leg (A).Jus Civi’le. 

 
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