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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 […]

  • 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 . […]

  • Civil Law

    Civil 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 civil law. Civil Law in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a […]

  • Rule of Law

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Rule of Law in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term rule of law into Spanish: imperio del derecho (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus Resources See Also […]

  • Sexual History

    Sexual history in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of sexual history.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading sexual history in A […]

  • Marriage

    Legal Definition of Marianismo Meaning of Marianismo The Spanish and Latin American ideal of women being modest, restrained, virtuous, and nurturing. Women are expected to be sexually abstinent before marriage and passive in response to their […]

  • Information

    Information

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Information Meaning of Information The accusation of a complainant in written form specifying the charge and particulars. Different from an indictment in that an information is presented by a competent […]

  • 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 […]

  • Budget

    Budget

    Financial Definition of Budget Meaning of Budget A detailed schedule of financial activity, such as an advertising budget, a sales budget, or a capital budget. Synonyms of Budget […]

  • 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 […]

  • Gift

    A voluntary transfer of any thing made without consideration or expectation of consideration. The essential components of a valid completed gift of personal property are: competency of the donor to give the gift; voluntary intent on the part of the donor to make a gift; delivery […]

  • Child Pornography

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Law, Children and the; Photographs of Children; Theories of Childhood. Child Abuse; Computer Crime; First Amendment; Freedom of Speech; Obscenity; Pedophilia.Further …

  • Stock Exchange

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Stock Exchange Meaning of Stock Exchange An association of stockbrokers and dealers who have for convenience provided themselves with a common place for the transaction of their business of buying and […]

  • Censorship

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Censorship Meaning of Censorship The regulation or curtailment of the freedom of speech and expression in any form in the interest of good morals and the preservation of peace and order . Any examination […]