Search results for: “international criminal court part 15”
-
Court of Session
In Scotch Law. The supreme court of civil jurisdiction in Scotland. The full title of the court is council and session. It was established in 1425. In 1469 its jurisdiction was transferred to the king’s council, which in 1503 was ordered to sit in Edinburgh. In 1532 the […]
-
Chancellors’ Courts In The Two Universities
In English law. Courts of local jurisdiction in and for the two universities of Oxford and Cambridge in England. These courts have jurisdiction of’ all civil actions or suits, except those in which a right of freehold is involved, and of all criminal offenses and misdemeanors, under […]
-
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 […]
-
Forum
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forum Meaning of Forum The place in which a remedy at law can be sought. Forum Alternative Definition At Common Law. A place; a place of jurisdiction ; […]
-
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
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 […]
-
Election
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Election Meaning of Election The exercise of choice by one left to free will to take or do one thing or another. An act of choosing, choice, active choosing by vote a person to fill an office , or to […]
-
Military Law
A system of rules and regulations relating to and administered by military courts and dealing with the discipline, trial and punishment of officers, soldiers and other persons in the Armed Forces. 10 U.S.C. §§801-940. Distinct from martial law , it applies only to persons in […]
-
Public Policy
The phrase is one of wide import covering all principles under which the freedom of contract or private dealings is restricted by law for the good of the community . The principle which declares that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to public welfare. […]
-
Arrest
Translate Arrest from English to Spanish Translation of Arrest, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Aprehensión and other legal terms is available here. Aprehensión Arresto Detención Legal English Translation Translate Order of Arrest from […]
-
Restorative Justice
ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Amnesty and Pardon; Comparative Criminal Law and Enforcement: Preliterate Societies; Informal Dispositions; Punishment; Rehabilitation; Retributivism; Sentencing: Alternatives; …
-
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 […]
-
Sheriff
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sheriff Meaning of Sheriff A county officer representing the executive or administrative power of the state within his county. See Blackburn v Brorein, (Fla.) 70 So.2d 293. His functions include the […]