Search results for: “contentious cases”

  • Contentious Jurisdiction

    Jurisdiction to hear and determine any matter in dispute between party and party in an action or other judicial proceeding .

  • Contentious Jurisdiction

    Jurisdiction to hear and determine any matter in dispute between party and party in an action or other judicial proceeding .

  • Jurisdiction

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jurisdiction Meaning of Jurisdiction The extent of legal authority and power . A term of large and comprehensive import , it generally denotes the lawful authority of a body to exercise power. The term […]

  • Pre-establishment

    Pre-establishment in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the phase in a foreign direct investment proposal between a decision by a company to invest and the receipt of approval from relevant authorities to proceed. The entries on trade policy are […]

  • Moot

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Moot Meaning of Moot That which is hypothetical; to bring up for discussion, raise for debate. A moot question is one that presents no actual controversy . Issues are said to be moot when they present or […]

  • Moot

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Moot Meaning of Moot That which is hypothetical; to bring up for discussion, raise for debate. A moot question is one that presents no actual controversy . Issues are said to be moot when they present or […]

  • Argument

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Argument Meaning of Argument forth for the purpose of establishing desired conclusions. Legally, the address of counsel to court made in furtherance of the cause . A pleading is said to be argumentative, […]

  • Adoption

    Adoption

    The act by which a person takes the child of another into his family, and treats him as his own. A juridical act creating between two persons certain relations, purely civil, or paternity and filiation. 6 Demolombe Code Nap. § 1. As used in the law the word has a strict significance […]

  • Asylum

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