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  • Scribe

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Scribe (You may find scribe at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). c. 1200, “professional interpreter of the Jewish Law” (late 11c. as a surname), from Church Latin scriba “teacher of Jewish law,” used […]

  • Bill Of Divorcement

    A fancy translation of the Hebrew get, the formal statement unilaterally made by a husband sufficient under Jewish Law to divorce a wife. The procedure is much more complicated for the husband than appears on the surface, e.g., financial provision had to be made for a guiltless […]

  • Gleaning

    Gleaning

    To collect or gather from a field after the crop has been reaped; to gather the leavings from a field. At common law such a taking did not amount to theft .

  • Anti-semitism

    Definition of Anti-semitism The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Anti-semitism: A negative and hostile attitude to Jews and the Jewish religion. As a migrant people, the Jews have experienced anti-Semitism within many societies and throughout much of […]

  • 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 […]

  • Judaism

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Judaism (You may find Judaism at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). c. 1400 (attested in Anglo-Latin from mid-13c.), from Old French Judaisme and directly from Late Latin Judaismus, from Greek Ioudaismos, from Ioudaios […]

  • Restricted

    Grammar This term is an adjetive. Etimology of Restricted (You may find restricted at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). limited, 1830, past participle adjective from restrict; of documents, etc., “secret, not for public release” it is recorded from […]

  • Illegal

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Illegal Meaning of Illegal Forbidden by law; contrary to law; unlawful . Illegal Alternative Definition Contrary to law. Not ssTionymous with unlawful (q. […]

  • Sabbath

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sabbath Meaning of Sabbath Not strictly synonymous with Sunday. Sunday is the mere name of the day; sabbath is the name of the institution . Sunday is the sabbath of the Christians. Town of Winnfield v […]

  • Marrano

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Marrano (You may find Marrano at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). Jew or Moor converted to Christianity, 1580s, from Spanish, probably literally “pig, swine,” an expression of contempt, from Arabic muharram […]

  • Rabbi

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Rabbi (You may find rabbi at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). Jewish doctor of religious law, late 15c. (in Old English in biblical context only; in Middle English also as a title prefixed to personal names), from Late […]

  • Talmud

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Talmud Meaning of Talmud A work which embodies the civil and canonical law of the Jewish people. Related Entries of Talmud in the Encyclopedia of Law Project […]

  • Gentile

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Gentile (You may find gentile at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). one who is not a Jew, c. 1400; earlier “one who is not a Christian, a pagan” (late 14c.), from Late Latin noun use of Latin gentilis “of […]

  • Ghet

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

  • Legislative Council

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Further ReadingCaplan, Neil. Futile Diplomacy: Early Arab-Zionist Negotiation Attempts, 1913-1931, vol. 1. London: Frank Cass, 1983. Lesch, Ann M. Arab Politics …