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  • 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. […]

  • Public Order

    Definition of Public Order An order from the court that the directs the state to take certain actions. Public Order/Public Policy in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of Public Order/Public Policy, produced by Tetley, […]

  • Public Order

    Definition of Public Order An order from the court that the directs the state to take certain actions. Public Order/Public Policy in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of Public Order/Public Policy, produced by Tetley, […]

  • Process

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Process Meaning of Process The proceedings in any action or prosecution , real or personal , civil or criminal , from the beginning to the end; strictly, the summons by which one is cited into a court , […]

  • Perjury

    While statutory definitions of the term may vary slightly, generally, it is the wilful and corrupt false swearing or affirming, after an oath lawfully administered in the course of a judicial or quasi -judicial proceeding , as to some matter material to the issue or point in […]

  • Preliminary Hearing

    Translate Preliminary Hearing from English to Spanish Translation of Preliminary Hearing , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Audiencia preliminar and other legal terms is available here. Audiencia preliminar Legal English Translation Browse You might be […]

  • Representation

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Representation Meaning of Representation The act of representing. The state of being represented. A setting forth by statement or account . Also a statement made by one of the parties to a contract , […]

  • Forfeiture

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forfeiture Meaning of Forfeiture Denotes the loss of some right , property , benefit or privilege by a person as a result of having Committed a crime or breached some legal obligation imposed on him. […]

  • Forfeiture

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forfeiture Meaning of Forfeiture Denotes the loss of some right , property , benefit or privilege by a person as a result of having Committed a crime or breached some legal obligation imposed on him. […]

  • Search and Seizure

    Search And Seizure Translate Search and Seizure from English to Spanish Translation of Search and Seizure, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Registro e incautación and other legal terms is available here. Registro e incautación Legal English […]

  • Search and Seizure

    Search And Seizure Translate Search and Seizure from English to Spanish Translation of Search and Seizure, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Registro e incautación and other legal terms is available here. Registro e incautación Legal English […]

  • Tales

    Latin. Such men. At common law , when at the trial of an action or criminal proceeding , a sufficient number of jurors do not appear , either by reason of challenge or other causes, either party may pray a tales, that is, ask the court to make up the deficiency .

  • Tales

    Latin. Such men. At common law , when at the trial of an action or criminal proceeding , a sufficient number of jurors do not appear , either by reason of challenge or other causes, either party may pray a tales, that is, ask the court to make up the deficiency .

  • 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 […]

  • Venue

    Venue

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Venue Meaning of Venue The county, the city or the town where an action or presecution is brought for trial. Originally, the term indicated only the locality of the crime, that is, where the crime took […]