Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An abbreviation of the Latin Juris Civilis Doctor, Doctor of Civil Law.
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A vigorous and energetic officer who often signed his name "J.C.," he possessed a strong sense of duty and prided himself on respect for his superiors and prompt obedience to orders.
NYT > Home Page By RONALD S. CODDINGTON 2011
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A vigorous and energetic officer who often signed his name "J.C.," he possessed a strong sense of duty and prided himself on respect for his superiors and prompt obedience to orders.
NYT > Home Page By RONALD S. CODDINGTON 2011
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Their unshakeable Christian belief in J.C. translates into an equally unshakeable Republican belief in W.
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More specifics on price increases are expected when clothing retailers such as J.C.
Clothing Prices To Rise 10 Percent Starting In Spring AP 2011
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CCTV footage released during the trial shows de Menezes, marked "J.C.," making his way down to the platform at Stockwell Station, pursued by surveillance officers.
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He seems not to know that the "J.C." s and their subordinates who are given to sweat, anxiety, and hypochrondriasis are just as much the creation of a J.C. as the producers who speak in story conferences about bringing Light and Love into the American Home: or that homely spinsters who rock their beds every night with sexual longing are after all merely the heroines of the under side of every fan magazine.
New Novels Decter, Midge 1963
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Looking out of the window, he saw a horse's head in a faded-red, silk-fronted bridle, with the letters 'J.C.' on the winkers; not 'J.C.' writhing in the elegant contortions of modern science, but 'J.C.' in the good, plain, matter-of-fact characters we have depicted above.
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour Robert Smith Surtees 1833
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"They don't have much wiggle room," Kalish said of retailers who cater to modest income shoppers such as J.C.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Dec. 13 Bloomberg -- U.S. stocks pared gains as consumer shares such as J.C.
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Cincinnati-based Macy's same-store sales have consistently beaten consensus forecasts this year as it has won market share from rivals such as J.C.
Macy's reports quarterly profit, raises FY outlook - Yahoo! Finance 2010
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