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  • Marriage

    Legal Definition of Marianismo Meaning of Marianismo The Spanish and Latin American ideal of women being modest, restrained, virtuous, and nurturing. Women are expected to be sexually abstinent before marriage and passive in response to their […]

  • 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 […]

  • Canon Law

    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

    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 […]

  • Patronage

    The right of appointing to ofiice; as, the patronage of the president of the United States, if abused, may endanger the liberties of the people. In Ecclesiastical Law. The right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice. 2 Bl. Comm. 21. …

  • Patronage

    The right of appointing to ofiice; as, the patronage of the president of the United States, if abused, may endanger the liberties of the people. In Ecclesiastical Law. The right of presentation to a church or ecclesiastical benefice. 2 Bl. Comm. 21. …

  • Budget

    Budget

    Financial Definition of Budget Meaning of Budget A detailed schedule of financial activity, such as an advertising budget, a sales budget, or a capital budget. Synonyms of Budget […]

  • Civil Rights

    Concept of Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the context of U.S. Real Property A short definition of Civil Rights Act of 1964: An act passed to strengthen the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The act, among other things, prohibits discrimination in housing. Concept of Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the […]

  • Gift

    A voluntary transfer of any thing made without consideration or expectation of consideration. The essential components of a valid completed gift of personal property are: competency of the donor to give the gift; voluntary intent on the part of the donor to make a gift; delivery […]

  • Child Pornography

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Law, Children and the; Photographs of Children; Theories of Childhood. Child Abuse; Computer Crime; First Amendment; Freedom of Speech; Obscenity; Pedophilia.Further …

  • Stock Exchange

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Stock Exchange Meaning of Stock Exchange An association of stockbrokers and dealers who have for convenience provided themselves with a common place for the transaction of their business of buying and […]

  • Patent

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Patent Meaning of Patent That which is apparent on the face of an instrument . manifest , evident. At common law the grant of some privilege , property or authority by the crown to one or more […]

  • Case Law

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Case Law Meaning of Case Law Law which is found in reported cases as distinguished from the law found in statutes. Sometimes used synonymously with common law . […]

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Civil war Meaning of Civil war An internecine war in which the opposing forces both belong to the same country or nation, e. g. the Revolutionary War prior to the Declaration of Independence, or the late […]

  • 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 […]