by Ann Wilson
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JAEL: A warrior culture on Lupus. When prisoners are taken, the malesare 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 anEmpire-wide consortium. His unsuccessful attempt to have his thakur-na(Dana Manfredi/DruAlanna) murdered, followed by his order for her toseek the death of a 'na who has dishonored @'s thakur, resulted in adeath sentence for him if he remained on Sandeman, and loss of allproperty in Subsector Sandeman. The Traiti Sector and several otherjurisdictions 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 hasa minimal number of laws and they are violated seldom enough that aseparate judiciary would be impractical. Instead, disputes andviolations are handled by the commanding officer of the nearestImperial base or ship. Appeals are permitted--for cause, not as amatter of routine--through all higher levels of command, up to andincluding the Sovereign. Very few of those appealed, however, gofurther than one or two levels.