We attach a Jordan algebra L x to any ad-nilpotent element x of index of nilpotence at most 3 in a Lie algebra L. This Jordan algebra has a behavior similar to that of the local algebra of a Jordan system at an element. Thus, L x inherits nice properties from L and keeps relevant information about the element x. McCrimmon [9]) have played a prominent role in the recent structure theory of Jordan systems, mainly due to the fact that niceness properties flow between the system and their local algebras.
Local algebras of a Jordan system (introduced by Meyberg [25], used by Zelmanov as a minor part of his brilliant classification of Jordan systems [31], and revisited by D'Amour and