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  • Criminal Procedure

    The course or system of proceedings established by law, whereby persons accused of crime are apprehended, tried, and their punishment fixed. …

  • 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 ; […]

  • 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 […]

  • Removal

    In practise, removal means the transfer of the suit or cause from one court to another. The cases where the United States Court may acquire jurisdiction by the removal from state court where jurisdiction would not have attached if the suit had been originally brought therein are cases of […]

  • Removal

    In practise, removal means the transfer of the suit or cause from one court to another. The cases where the United States Court may acquire jurisdiction by the removal from state court where jurisdiction would not have attached if the suit had been originally brought therein are cases of […]

  • Election

    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. […]

  • Jeopardy

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jeopardy Meaning of Jeopardy In this sense, a person is said to be placed in jeopardy when he is put to trial in a court of competent jurisdiction on a valid accusatory pleading , before a trier of fact […]

  • 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 , […]

  • Manslaughter

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Manslaughter Meaning of Manslaughter The unlawful killing of a human being without any malice , either express or implied . See Stevenson v United States , 162 U.S. 313, 16 S.Ct. 839, 40 L.Ed. 980. Not a […]

  • 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 […]

  • Ultra Vires

    Ultra Vires

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ultra Vires Meaning of Ultra Vires Literally the term means beyond powers. In relation to corporations, an act is said to be ultra vires when it is beyond the purpose or power of a corporation, when such […]

  • 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. […]