Search results for: “public morals”

  • Public Morals

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

  • Corruption of Public Morals

    Corruption of public morals in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of corruption of public morals.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further […]

  • Necessity Test

    Necessity test in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: sometimes used to refer to the steps necessary to justify invoking the general exceptions of the GATT. WTO members may adopt or enforce measures necessary to protect public morals (Article […]

  • Necessity Test

    Necessity test in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: sometimes used to refer to the steps necessary to justify invoking the general exceptions of the GATT. WTO members may adopt or enforce measures necessary to protect public morals (Article […]

  • Disorderly House

    A house where persons resort for criminal or immoral purposes, a house of ill-fame, a bawdy house.

  • Conspiracy

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conspiracy Meaning of Conspiracy An agreement between two or more persons to do an act that is unlawful or a lawful act by unlawful means . An inchoate offense and the agreement need not be shown to […]

  • Conspiracy

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conspiracy Meaning of Conspiracy An agreement between two or more persons to do an act that is unlawful or a lawful act by unlawful means . An inchoate offense and the agreement need not be shown to […]

  • Whitecap

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Whitecap (You may find whitecap at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1660s, of birds, from white (adj.) + cap; this term is also a noun.. Attested from 1773 in reference to breaking waves, from 1818 of mushrooms, and […]

  • Censor

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Censor Meaning of Censor Synonyms of Censor verb ban bar blot out bowdlerize cancel censor control control the flow of news cut delete disallow […]

  • Contra Bonos Mores

    Against sound morals. Contracts which are incentive to crime, or of which the consideration is an obligation or engagement improperly prejudicial to the feelings of a third party, offensive to decency or morality, or which have a tendency to mischievous or pernicious consequences, are […]

  • Keeping Disorderly House

    The common law crime of maintaining of premises upon which activity occurs that either creates a public disturbance or though concealed from the public constitutes a nuisance per se, such as a Gambling house or bawdy house. See Harris v U.S., (D.C.App.)315 A.2d569.

  • 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 […]

  • Corruption

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Corruption Meaning of Corruption An act done with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others. It includes bribery, but is more comprehensive, because an act […]

  • Freedom of Association

    Freedom of Association Freedom of association in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of freedom of association. Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Freedom of Association in Spanish […]

  • Contract

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contract Meaning of Contract A deliberate engagement between competent parties upon a legal consideration to do or abstain from doing some act. It is essential to the creation of a contract that the […]