Jointist

Quick meaning: Jointist is a noun meaning (obsolete) Operator of an illegal drinking place or "joint".

Meaning

(obsolete) Operator of an illegal drinking place or "joint".

Example Sentences

In Kansas no man dares to flaunt his sign in the eyes of the public, to entice custom; the liquor seller is the sneaking boot-legger, skulking jointist, criminal and outlaw, afraid of every shadow that falls across his hiding-place […]

It seems that it is very easy for the local officials in your county to arrest a man acting under a commission issued by the special enforcement officer of the state, but the gambler, the bootlegger and the jointist is each permitted to ply his trade, wreck homes, destroy youth, and make a laughing stock of the laws of this state with impunity.

I have avoided jury trials, because, if the jointist is acquitted by a jury, the county must pay the costs. By using the injunction, a vastly different result is obtained. When a jointist can not disprove a charge, the court will fine him. The liquor-men do not fight this kind of case—they go into court and allow the injunction to be made permanent.

The injunction method has proved the most successful, action being brought against the jointist and the building he occupies as against a common nuisance. This is tried before the judge, and not a jury. Once made permanent, the injunction is not likely to be violated for fear of contempt. It is weak in that it does not punish the jointist and does not prevent his changing location and starting in business again.

Word Forms

• jointists

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jigger, joint, jigger-dubber, odd-jobman, bootlegger, dungeoner.

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