Search results for: “Substantive jurisdi”
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Maritime Law
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Maritime Law Meaning of Maritime Law The system of law which particularly relates to commerce and navigation , to harbors, ships and seamen, to business transacted at sea or relating to navigation, to the […]
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Government
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Government Meaning of Government The governing body of a community , a state , United States , territory, district , municipality , a commonwealth . See 11 U.S.C. §101(21). <div […]
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Provision
A clause in a legal document. Any right of patronage exerted by the Pope. In English law, a name given to certain statutes or acts of parliament such as Provisions of Oxford (1258), Provisions of westminster (1259). The term provision was the word used originally to designate an […]
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General Maritime Law
“General Maritime Law” in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of “General Maritime Law”, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: A term used particularly in the United States to refer to […]
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General Maritime Law
“General Maritime Law” in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of “General Maritime Law”, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: A term used particularly in the United States to refer to […]
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Fundamental Breach
Fundamental breach in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of fundamental breach. Fundamental Breach in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law […]
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Procedure
The mode of proceeding by which a legal right is enforced; the mode in which the successive steps in litigation are taken. That which regulates the formal steps in an action or other judicial proceeding . The law of procedure is also called adjective law , as opposed to […]
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Maritime Lien
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Maritime Lien Meaning of Maritime Lien The appropriation of a vessel as security for a debt or claim the appropriation being made by law which creates a remedy for claim against the vessel herself and […]
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Right
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Right Meaning of Right In its legal sense, the term denotes the liberty or privilege conferred or protected by law of doing or abstaining from doing an act or the power or privilege enforced by law of […]
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Lis Pendens
(Lat.) A pending suit. The control which a court has, during the pendency of an action, over property involved therein. Bennett, Lis Pendens, § 2. ‘ The property involved is the res. Its character remains fixed during the litigation, and this litigated or contested quality is […]
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