Jacquelot, Isaac, a French Protestant theologian, was bom at Vassy Dec. 16, 1647. He became a minis- ter in 1668, and was colleague of his father, the pastor of Vassy, until obliged to leave in consequence of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. He resided first at Heidelberg, then (168G) at La Haye, where he became pastor of a French congregation. In consequence of some trouble he had with Jurieu, Benoit, and others, he accepted an offer of the king of Prussia, who had heard him preach, and had learned to esteem Jacquelot, and in 1702 he settled at Berlin as pastor of a French church. He died there Oct. 20, 1708. He -wTote Dissertations siir VExistence de Dieu (La Haye, 1697, 4to; Par, 1744, 3 vols. 12mo): — Dissertations sur le Messie (La Haye, 1699, 8vo) ; — La Conformite de la Foi avec la Raison (Amst. 1705, 8vo) : — Reponse aux Entretiens composes par M. Bayle contre la Confoiinite, etc. (Amsterd, 1707, 8vo) : — Truite de la verite et de V inspiration du Vieux et du Koureau Testament (Kotterd, 1715, 8vo) : — Sermons (Gen, 1750, 2 vols, 12mo) ; and a number of controver- sial pamphlets against Benoit, Jurieu, Werenfels, etc See Hist, des Ouvrayes des Savants (Dec, 1708) ; Vie de Jacquelot (in the Dissertut. sur V Exist, de Lieu, Paris ed.
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Jacquemin, J.VJtES Alexis, a French Roman Cath- olic priest, was bom at Nancy Aug. 4, 1750. He enter- ed the Church in early life, and was for a time vicar in a parish of his native city. He met with considerable success in the pulpit, but when, in 1778, he was appoint- ed professor of theologj' in the University of Nancy, he readily accepted this new position. During the first years of the French Eevolution he was one of the ed- itors of the newspaper called Le Catholique de Nancy. In 1791, refusing to adhere to the civil constitution of the clergy, he was obliged to leave France, and he settled in Germany, where he joined his bishop, De la Fare, also an exile. The latter having appointed him his vicar-general, Jacquemin returned to France, though exposed to great danger, during the " Reign of Terror." He subsequently became professor of philosophy in the College of Nancy. In 1823 he was made bishop of St. Die, but age and infirmities soon compelled him to re- sign this office, and he retired to Nancy, where he died, June 15, 1832. He wrote De Incamatione Verhi Domi- ni; Alret/i des memoires de I' Abbe Barruel, jwur servir a Vhist. du Jacobinisms (Hambiu-g [Nancy], 1801 ; Par. 1817, 2 vols. 12mo). See Henrion, Annuaire Biogra- phique (1830-34) ; Biog. des Hommes vivants ; Hoefer, Nouv. Bioff. Generale, xxvi, 219. (J. N. P.)
Jactitation of Marriage is a suit which was formerly competent in the English ecclesiastical courts, and now is competent in the English Divorce Court, to settle a cjuestion of disputed marriage. If a party boast or profess that he or she is married to another, the lat- ter may institute the suit, and call upon the former to produce proof of the marriage. If this is not done, then a decree |)asses which enjoins the party to perpetual si- lence on the subject. This remedy is now scarcely ever .resorted to, for, in general, since lord Hardwick's Act (1766), there is sufficient certainty in the forms of legal marriage in England to prevent any one being in igno- rance M'hether he or she is really married or not — a re- proach which, however, is often made against the law of Scotland. The Scotch suit of a declarator of putting to silence, which is equivalent to jactitation of marriage, is often resorted to, the latest and most notorious in- stance of its use being that in the Yelverton marriage case — Chambers, Cyclopcedia.
Jacu'bus (luKovjioQ v. r. 'lapaovfioQ, Vulg. A ecu- bus), given in the Apocrj'pha (1 Esdr. ix, 48) as the name of one of the Levites who supported Ezra in read- ing the law ; evidently the Akkub (q. v.) of the corre- sponding Heb. text (Neh. viii, 7).
Ja'da (Heb. Yada', S''!"', knowing; Sept. 'laoak and Aovcai), the last named of the two sons of Onam, a de- scendant of Judah through Jerahmeel ; his two sons are likewise mentioned (1 Chron. ii, 28, 32). B.C. post 1612.
Ja'dau (Heb. Yuddav', '^'^^, probably by erroneous transcrijjtion for i"^"^, Yiddo', "Iddo;" rather than for ''!?r'i Yadday', id., as in the margin; Sept. 'la^oi v. r. 'A^ta, Yulg. .hddu), one of the "sons" of Nebo who di- vorced tlieir Gentile wives after the Exile (Ezra x, 43). B.C.459.
Jaddai. See Jadau.
Jaddes, a name of the priests of the genii among the islanders of Ceylon. The pagodas or chapels where they officiate have no revenue, and any pious person who builds a chapel officiates in it himself as priest. The exteriors of these chapels are painted with repre- sentations of halberds, swords, arrows, shields, and the like. The natives call these chapels Jacco, i. e. the devil's tenement, Jacco or Jacca signifying devil; the islanders of Ceylon, like many other savage tribes, wor- shipping the devil because of his wickedness and evil propensities (comp. Lubbock, OnV/m of Civilization, p. 159 sq.). The Jaddes, when he celebrates the festival