Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)dictionaries

Junior

Younger. This has been held to be no part of a man’s name, but an addition by use, and a convenient distinction be-tween a father and son of the same name. Cobh ▼. Lucas, 15 Pick. (Mass.) 9; People ▼. Collins, 7 Johns. (N. Y.) 552; Padgett v. Lawrence, 10 Paige (N. Y.) 177, 40 Am. Dec. 232; Prentiss v. Blake, 34 VL 460

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)