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  • Canon Law

    Canon Law

    A body of ecclesiastical law, which originated in the church of Rome, relating to matters of which that church has or claims jurisdiction. A canon is a rule of doctrine or of discipline, and is the term generally applied to designate the ordinances of councils and decrees of popes. The […]

  • Canon Law

    Canon Law

    A body of ecclesiastical law, which originated in the church of Rome, relating to matters of which that church has or claims jurisdiction. A canon is a rule of doctrine or of discipline, and is the term generally applied to designate the ordinances of councils and decrees of popes. The […]

  • Bankruptcy

    What does Bankruptcy mean in American Law? The definition of Bankruptcy in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: A legal proceeding, regulated in the U.S. by the federal Bankruptcy Act, in which an insolvent debtor, by […]

  • Judicial Review

    Judicial Review

    Generally, the phrase denotes the power of Superior Courts to review the decisions and proceedings of inferior courts. However, the phrase has now specifically come to denote that jurisdiction of the superior courts whereby it issues the prerogative writs of Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari […]

  • Appeal

    Grammar This term is a verb. Etimology of Appeal (You may find appeal at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). early 14c., originally in legal sense of “to call” to a higher judge or court, from Anglo-French apeler “to call upon, accuse,” Old […]

  • Appeal

    Grammar This term is a verb. Etimology of Appeal (You may find appeal at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). early 14c., originally in legal sense of “to call” to a higher judge or court, from Anglo-French apeler “to call upon, accuse,” Old […]

  • Case Law

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Case Law Meaning of Case Law Law which is found in reported cases as distinguished from the law found in statutes. Sometimes used synonymously with common law . […]

  • Judge

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Judge (You may find judge at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). mid-14c., “public officer appointed to administer the law” (early 13c. as a surname), also judge-man; from Old French juge, from Latin iudex […]

  • Justice

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Justice Meaning of Justice The constant and perpetual disposition to render every man his due. Inst. bk. 1, tit. 1; 2 Inst. 56. The conformJUSTICE ity of our actions and our will to the law. TouUier, Dr. […]

  • Cour

    Concept of “Curia, Cur, Cour ” Traditional meaning of cour in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) Court. Curia advisari vult: the court wishes to deliberate. Curia admiralitatis: the court of admiralty. Curia baronis […]

  • Habeas Corpus

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Habeas Corpus (You may find habeas corpus at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). writ requiring a person to be brought before a court, mid-15c., Latin, literally “(you should) have the person,” in phrase habeas […]

  • Battel

    Trial by combat. It was called also wager of battel or battaile,’ and could be claimed in appeals of felony. It was of frequent use in affairs of chivalry and honor, and in civil cases upon certain issues. Co. Litt. § 294. It was not abolished in England […]

  • Borough

    In the old sense of the word, borough is an ancient towne, holden of the king or any other lord, which sendeth burgesses to the parliament. Litt. § 164; Co. Litt. 109a. Many of these boroughs, however, having been disfranchised in moaern times, are now only […]

  • Borough

    In the old sense of the word, borough is an ancient towne, holden of the king or any other lord, which sendeth burgesses to the parliament. Litt. § 164; Co. Litt. 109a. Many of these boroughs, however, having been disfranchised in moaern times, are now only […]

  • Altum mare

    The high sea …