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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, […]
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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. …
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Ordinary
Regular , usual , normal, common , often recurring, customary.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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…
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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. […]