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  • Mudsill

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Mudsill (You may find mudsill at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1680s, “lowest sill of a house,” from mud + sill. The word entered U.S. political history in a speech by James M. Hammond of South Carolina, […]

  • Magistrate’s Court

    The court of a magistrate (g. v.) In South Carolina. A court having exclusive jurisdiction in matters of contract of and under twenty dollars. …

  • Ordinary

    Regular , usual , normal, common , often recurring, customary.

  • Federal Judicial Circuits

    Federal Judicial Circuits in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of Federal Judicial Circuits, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: The thirteen federal judicial circuits of the United States are as […]

  • Garnishment

    Garnishment

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Garnishment Meaning of Garnishment Proceedings in garnishment are one way of executing the judgment of the court . where a judgment creditor becomes aware that some money or property is owing or about to […]

  • Garnishment

    Garnishment

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Garnishment Meaning of Garnishment Proceedings in garnishment are one way of executing the judgment of the court . where a judgment creditor becomes aware that some money or property is owing or about to […]

  • Solicitor

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Solicitor Meaning of Solicitor A person whose business is to be employed in the care and management of suits depending in courts of chancery. A solicitor, like an attorney, will be required to act with […]

  • Denizen

    In English law. An alien born who has obtained, ex donatione legis, letters patent to make him an English subject. He is intermediate between a naturalborn subject and an alien. He may take lands by purchase or devise, which an alien cannot; but he is incapable of taking by inheritance. 1 […]

  • Nuisance

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Nuisance Meaning of Nuisance An actionable wrong , distinct from trespass and negligence . Consists in the wrongful act or omission on the part of the defendant which indirectly impairs the use and […]

  • School Desegregation

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Civil Rights Movement. Civil Rights Movement; Equal Protection; Schools and School Districts. Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 ; Brown v. Board of Education, 1955…

  • Disfranchisement

    The act of depriving a member of a corporation of his right as such, by expulsion. 1 Bouv. Inst, note 192. It differs from amotion (g. v.), which is applicable to the removal of an officer from office, leaving him his rights as a member. Willcock, Corp. note 708; Angell & A. Corp. 237. […]