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  • Bankruptcy

    What does Bankruptcy mean in American Law? The definition of Bankruptcy in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: A legal proceeding, regulated in the U.S. by the federal Bankruptcy Act, in which an insolvent debtor, by […]

  • Explosive

    Explosive in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of explosive. Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Explosive in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term explosive into […]

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Civil war Meaning of Civil war An internecine war in which the opposing forces both belong to the same country or nation, e. g. the Revolutionary War prior to the Declaration of Independence, or the late […]

  • Line

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Line Meaning of Line In Descents. The series of persons who have descended from a common ancestor, placed one under the other, in the order of their birth. It connects successively all the relations by […]

  • Adjudication

    Adjudication

    Adjudication in the law of the United States Adjudication: Related U.S. Resources Adjudication in the American Law Encyclopedia Judicial Function Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus Judicial Function Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary See Also Judge (Judicial Function) Judicial […]

  • Adjudication

    Adjudication

    Adjudication in the law of the United States Adjudication: Related U.S. Resources Adjudication in the American Law Encyclopedia Judicial Function Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus Judicial Function Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary See Also Judge (Judicial Function) Judicial […]

  • Income

    Income

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Income Meaning of Income The return in money from one’s business , labor or capital invested; gains, profits or private revenue . Wells v Wells, 148 P.2d 126, 65 Cal.App.2d 113. <div […]

  • Geraldus Of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis)

    Concept and History of Geraldus of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis) mentions in his autobiography (De rebus a se gestis 2.1) that in 1177 he had taught the Decretum and discussed Causas decretales at Paris. No traces of these activities seem to have survived.Read more topics about canon law […]

  • Lame Duck

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Lame Duck Meaning of Lame Duck A term used on the stock exchange meaning that a broker or jobber cannot fulfil his contracts. Lame Duck Alternative Definition […]

  • Flotsam

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Flotsam Meaning of Flotsam goods with no apparent owner and found floating on the sea. These belong to the crown unless claimed within the time prescribed by statute . <div […]

  • Rebel

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Rebel Meaning of Rebel A citizen or subject who unjustly and unlawfully takes up arms against the constituted authorities of the nation, to deprive them of the supreme power, either by resisting their […]

  • Serf

    In feudal law. A term applied to a class of persons who were bound to perform very onerous duties towards others. Poth. des Personnes, pt. 1, tit. 1, a. 6, § 4. There is this essential difference between a serf and a slave: The serf was bound simply to labor […]

  • Coach

    Coach in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of coach. Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Coach (You may find coach at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more […]

  • Silly

    Grammar This term is an adjetive. Etimology of Silly (You may find silly at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). Old English gesælig “happy, fortuitous, prosperous” (related to sæl “happiness”), from Proto-Germanic *sæligas […]

  • Roll

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Roll Meaning of Roll A paper or parchment which may be t.r.e. up with the hand in the form of a pipe or tube. Roll Alternative Definition A schedule of […]