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JAEL:

A warrior culture on Lupus. When prisoners are taken, the males are neutered, the females forced to bear a child the captors will keep, then the prisoners are released.

JASON, Richard:

Head of Jason Interstellar Enterprises, until 2624 an Empire- wide consortium. His unsuccessful attempt to have his thakur-na (Dana Manfredi/DruAlanna) murdered, followed by his order for her to seek the death of a 'na who has dishonored à's thakur, resulted in a death sentence for him if he remained on Sandeman, and loss of all property in Subsector Sandeman. The Traiti Sector and several other jurisdictions followed suit, as far as banning JIE from doing business, when the circumstances became known.

JIREL, Subsector 7-D:

No. systems: 184                         Sector: Cygnus
  with 3 inhabited planets:  1           Ruled by:
  with 2 inhabited planets: 11
  with 1 inhabited planet:  23

JUDICIARY, IMPERIAL:

The Empire has no judiciary as such, since it has a minimal number of laws and they are violated seldom enough that a separate judiciary would be impractical. Instead, disputes and violations are handled by the commanding officer of the nearest Imperial base or ship. Appeals are permitted -- for cause, not as a matter of routine -- through all higher levels of command, up to and including the Sovereign. Very few of those appealed, however, go further than one or two levels.

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