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Double Jeopardy
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Double Jeopardy Meaning of Double Jeopardy A rule of law that a person shall not be convicted of the same offense more than once. where there has been a final verdict either of acquittal or conviction on […]
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Attempt
An endeavour or effort to commit a crime . Mere preparation for or the intention to commit the crime does not constitute attempt. The term indicates that the culprit had actually commenced the transaction which, if uninterrupted, would have proceeded to its completion, and when […]
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Attempt
An endeavour or effort to commit a crime . Mere preparation for or the intention to commit the crime does not constitute attempt. The term indicates that the culprit had actually commenced the transaction which, if uninterrupted, would have proceeded to its completion, and when […]
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Habeas Corpus
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Habeas Corpus (You may find habeas corpus at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). writ requiring a person to be brought before a court, mid-15c., Latin, literally “(you should) have the person,” in phrase habeas […]
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Non-joinder
The failure to join all persons who are necessary or proper as parties to an action. The failure to include as parties to an action, in addition to those named, someone else who has a vital and direct interest in the controversy and whose interest cannot in law be severed from those named in […]
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Filum Aquae
(Lat. a thread of water). This may mean either the middle line or the outer line. Ahum filum denotes highwater mark. Blount. Filum is, however, used almost universally in connection with aquae to denote the middle line of the stream. Medium filum is sometimes used with no additional […]
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Filum Aquae
(Lat. a thread of water). This may mean either the middle line or the outer line. Ahum filum denotes highwater mark. Blount. Filum is, however, used almost universally in connection with aquae to denote the middle line of the stream. Medium filum is sometimes used with no additional […]
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Sequestration
The writ of sequestration was an extraordinary remedy available to the court of chancery to enforce a judgment . A person who did not comply with a judgment of the Court of Chancery was held to be in contempt of that court and his personal property as well as the rents and […]
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Sequestration
The writ of sequestration was an extraordinary remedy available to the court of chancery to enforce a judgment . A person who did not comply with a judgment of the Court of Chancery was held to be in contempt of that court and his personal property as well as the rents and […]
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Abstract of Title
A condensed history of the title to land appearing on the public records consisting of a summary of the relevant portion of all conveyances which affect said land or any estate or interest, together with a statement of all liens or liabilities to which the land may be subject. See Geithman v […]
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Bill Of Lading
A property . See Saltus v Everett, N. Y., 20 Wend. 267, 32 Am. Dec. 541.