Search results for: “foreman”
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Foreman
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Foreman Meaning of Foreman The presiding member of a jury. He is elected by the other jurors. Also a man in charge of other employees. Foreman Alternative […]
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Foreman
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Foreman Meaning of Foreman The presiding member of a jury. He is elected by the other jurors. Also a man in charge of other employees. Foreman Alternative […]
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Bretton Woods
See Also Governance Exchange-Rate Regime Foreign Exchange Market Global Governance International Monetary Fund World Bank World Trade Organization Further Reading Bordo, M. D., & Eichengreen, B. (Eds.). (1993). A retrospective on the Bretton Woods system: Lessons for international monetary […]
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Bretton Woods
See Also Governance Exchange-Rate Regime Foreign Exchange Market Global Governance International Monetary Fund World Bank World Trade Organization Further Reading Bordo, M. D., & Eichengreen, B. (Eds.). (1993). A retrospective on the Bretton Woods system: Lessons for international monetary […]
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Jury
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Jury (You may find jury at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). set number of persons, selected according to law and sworn to determine the facts and truth of a case or charge submitted to them and render a verdict, early […]
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Clerk
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Clerk Meaning of Clerk (Latin Clericus) Originally the term meant a man of letters, a learned man, hence the reference to a member of the clergy as a clerk. However, in modern times, the term has a wide […]
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Juror
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Juror Meaning of Juror A person who is a member of a jury. 0ne who has already been selected and sworn as a member of jury in a particular cause However, the term has sometimes been used to denote any […]
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Juror
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Juror Meaning of Juror A person who is a member of a jury. 0ne who has already been selected and sworn as a member of jury in a particular cause However, the term has sometimes been used to denote any […]
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Presentment
In Criminal Practice. The written notice taken by a grand jury of any offense, from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them at the suit of the government. 4 Bl. Comm. 301; 109 Gal. 448; 183 Mich. 207. Upon such presentment, when proper, the […]
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Director
One who directs. In relation to corporations, a person appointed or elected according to law, authorized to manage and direct the affairs of that corporation. Generally, a director is elected by the body of shareholders. See Brandt v Godwin, 3 N. Y.S. 807.
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Superintendent
One employed to direct the course and oversee the details; to have charge and direction; to manage, overlook with the power of direction, regulate with authority the work and the conduct of workmen.
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Bushell’s Case
A 1670 case involving one Bushel, foreman of a jury which acquitted two Quakers, who was fined and imprisoned for the verdict. He was released on habeas corpus, thus establishing the freedom of jurors from punishment for decisions not to the liking of the judge….
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Butler
Originally the servant in a royal or noble household in charge of wines (cf. botiler of the King), frequently becoming an officer of high influence and power, roughly a major domo or foreman of servants. At royal courts the titular butler was often a high-ranking courtier, but his […]
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Boatswain
A merchant-marine petty officer, the seagoing equivalent of an army top seargent, or an industrial foreman. Usually pronounced, and frequently spelled, bosun or bos’n….