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  • Common Law

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

  • Anglo-american Common Law

    Meaning of Anglo-american Common Law Resources See Also American Common Law Under Common Law

  • Anglo-american Common Law

    Meaning of Anglo-american Common Law Resources See Also American Common Law Under Common Law

  • Common Law Action

    Common Law Action

    An action maintainable at common law….

  • Common Law Action

    Common Law Action

    An action maintainable at common law….

  • Common Law Mortgage

    Concept of Common Law Mortgage in the context of Real Property A short definition of Common Law Mortgage: Any mortgage which contains the elements of a mortgage according to the Common Law.

  • Trade Mark At Common Law

    Trade mark at common law in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of trade mark at common law.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading […]

  • Action at common law

    Same as action at law. Action governed by the Anglo-American legal system rather than some other legal system, e.g., the continental civil-law system. An action based upon decisional rather than statutory law….

  • Court Of Law Or Of Common Law

    Any court which administers justice according to the principles and forms of the common law….

  • Conveyances At Common Law

    Some of these may be called original or primary, those by means whereof the benefit or estate is created or first arises.; others,derivative or secondary, those whereby the benefit or estate originally created is enlarged, restrained, transferred, or estinguished. Original are: feoffment, gift, […]

  • Dower By Common Law

    See alsoThe ordinary kind of dower in English and American law, consisting of… (Read more)…

  • Common Lawyer

    Common Lawyer

    A lawyer learned in the common law. …

  • Federal Common Law

    While it has been said that there is no federal common law, after Erie Railroad v Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 82 L.Ed. 1188, 58 S.Ct. 817, it has been held that a federal common law exists in certain areas, such as air and water disputes between states. See Illinois v Milwaukee, 406 U.S. 91, 92…

  • Common-law Assignment

    Meaning of Common-law Assignment Resources See Also Debtor Creditor

  • Common-Law Marriage

    Common-Law Marriage

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Common-law marriage Meaning of Common-law marriage A marriage based upon agreement by which the parties agree per verba de presenti to become husband and wife, followed by sexual consummation. To […]