Search results for: “lexis”
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Adoption
The act by which a person takes the child of another into his family, and treats him as his own. A juridical act creating between two persons certain relations, purely civil, or paternity and filiation. 6 Demolombe Code Nap. ÃÂÃÂÃÂç 1. As used in the law the word has a strict significance […]
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Stare Decisis
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Stare Decisis (You may find stare decisis at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). the legal doctrine of being bound by precedents, Latin, literally “to stand by things decided;” from stare “to stand,” […]
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Online Sources
Online sources Online sources in the One-L Dictionary Two major online sources for legal materials are Westlaw and LexisNexis. The Internet is also becoming an increasingly important source for legal information although it can present additional problems of accuracy and currency. Many […]
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Declare
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Declare Meaning of Declare Synonyms of Declare verb advance affirm announce assert asseverate assure aver avow bruit claim come out communicate […]
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LegalTrac
An index of periodical literature that indexes most English-language legal periodical literature from 1980 to the present. Since this is an index, the full-text of the journals are not in LegalTrac. Among other things, you can search for records in LegalTrac by author, title, subject, and […]
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Engagement Ring, Return Of Appeal Pending
A minority of jurisdictions has adopted a ‘no-fault’ approach, i.e., the modern trend, holding that once an engagement is broken, the engagement ring should be returned to the donor, regardless of fault. Thorndike v. Demirs, Superior Court, Judicial Distric of Waterbury at Waterbury, […]