JAY, JOHN


Meaning of JAY, JOHN in English

Jay, John BrE AmE

(1754–1829) a US lawyer who became the first Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court in 1789. He helped to make peace with Britain after the American Revolutionary War, and in 1794 made an arrangement with Britain called Jay’s Treaty, that included an agreement on trade

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