Search results for: “common laws”
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Commonwealth
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Commonwealth Meaning of Commonwealth A nation with a republican form of government in which the administration of public affairs is open to all, with a few, if any , exceptions and in which the welfare […]
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Common Frame of Reference
Hierarchical Display of Common Frame of Reference Law > Civil law > Civil law > ContractTrade > Consumption > Consumer > Consumer protectionEuropean Union > European Union law > EU lawLaw > Sources and branches of the law > Legal science > Private law > European private law Meaning […]
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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 […]
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Blue Laws
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Blue laws Meaning of Blue laws A name applied to certain laws of extreme rigor, supposed to have been anciently in force in Connecticut. Rigorous puritanical laws, generally. What does Blue Laws […]
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Blue Laws
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Blue laws Meaning of Blue laws A name applied to certain laws of extreme rigor, supposed to have been anciently in force in Connecticut. Rigorous puritanical laws, generally. What does Blue Laws […]
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Government Of Laws
What is Government of Laws? A definition of government of laws is: Fundamental principle of American jurisprudence which requires decisions of courts to be based on laws, statutory and common law, irrespective of the character of the litigants and the personal predelictions of the judges.[1] […]
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Blue Sky Laws
A popular name for acts providing for the regulation and supervision of investment companies, which are aimed at preventing fraud in the sale of securities. Hall v Geiger-Jones Co., 242 U.S. 538, 61 L.Ed. 480, 37 S.Ct. 217.
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Conflict Of Laws
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conflict of laws Meaning of Conflict of laws A contrariety or opposition in the laws of states in those cases where, from their relations to each other, or to the subject-matter in dispute, the rights of the […]
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Conflict Of Laws
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conflict of laws Meaning of Conflict of laws A contrariety or opposition in the laws of states in those cases where, from their relations to each other, or to the subject-matter in dispute, the rights of the […]
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Harmonization of Laws
Harmonization of laws in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of harmonization of laws.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Work Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading […]
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Agrarian laws
In Roman law. Those laws by which the commonwealth disposed of its public land, or regulated the possession thereof by individuals, were termed Agrarian Laws. The greater part of the public lands acquired by conquest were laid open to the possession of any citizen, but the […]
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Common Labor
This is a term used in some of the states in statutes intended to secure abstention from ordinary week-day affairs on the Sabbath statutes commonly called Sunday observance laws. The more usual phrases, such as labor, business, or work, secular labor, business, or […]
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Colonial Laws
The laws of a colony. In the United States. The term is used to designate the body of law in force in the colonies of America at the time of the commencement of our independence, which was, in general, the common law of England, with such modifications as the colonial experience had […]
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Burlaws, Birlaws, Or Byrlaws
In Scotch law. Laws made by neighbors elected by common consent in the birlaw courts. Skene de Verb. Sign. Laws made by husbandmen, etc., concerning neighborhood (rusticorum leges). Spelman, voc. Bellagines, considers this word essentially the same with by-laws […]
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Common Enterprise
For the purpose of laws relating to securities registration or blue sky laws, a common enterprise exists where there is more than one investor and the investors expect to reap profits from the efforts of the promotor or a third party. Even though there need not be a common fund, the term […]