Search results for: “entry in distress”
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Distress
The taking, without legal process , of a personal chattel from the possession of a wrongdoer into the hands of a party aggrieved , as a pledge for the redressing and injury , the performance of a duty, or the satisfaction of a demand . The term also signifies the property […]
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Distressing Letters
Distressing letters in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of distressing letters.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading distressing […]
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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 […]
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Expropriation
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Expropriation Meaning of Expropriation The compulsory purchase of land or other property of a person by a municipal or other governmental authority usually in return for fair compensation. The right to […]
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Toll
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Toll Meaning of Toll A fixed charge for some privilege granted or service rendered, especially one granted or rendered to the public and payable by whomsoever chooses to utilise the privilege or avail of […]
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Toll
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Toll Meaning of Toll A fixed charge for some privilege granted or service rendered, especially one granted or rendered to the public and payable by whomsoever chooses to utilise the privilege or avail of […]
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Data Protection
Data protection in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of data protection. Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Data Protection in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term […]
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Vehicle
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Vehicle Meaning of Vehicle Any kind of carriage moving on land, either on wheels or runners, comprehending coaches, chariots, buggies, wagons, carts, cars, automobiles, sleighs, sleds – every conveyance. […]
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Pledge
A bailment of personal property as a security for some debt or engagement, the property being redeemable on specified terms and subject to sale in the event of default. See Mechanics & T. Ins. Co. v Kiger, 103 U.S. 352, 26 L.Ed. 433. A form of vadium which occurs where goods or chattels are […]
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Pledge
A bailment of personal property as a security for some debt or engagement, the property being redeemable on specified terms and subject to sale in the event of default. See Mechanics & T. Ins. Co. v Kiger, 103 U.S. 352, 26 L.Ed. 433. A form of vadium which occurs where goods or chattels are […]
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Second Deliverance
In practice. The name of a writ given by the statute of Westminster II. (13 Edw. I. c. 2), founded on the record of a former action of replevin, 2 Inst. 341. It commands the sheriff, if the plaintiff make him secure of prosecuting his claim and returning the chattels which were adjudged […]
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Second Deliverance
In practice. The name of a writ given by the statute of Westminster II. (13 Edw. I. c. 2), founded on the record of a former action of replevin, 2 Inst. 341. It commands the sheriff, if the plaintiff make him secure of prosecuting his claim and returning the chattels which were adjudged […]