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  • Building

    Anything erected by art, and fixed upon or in the soil, composed of different pieces connected together and designed for stand more or less permanently, enclosing a space within its walls, and usually, but not necessarily, covered with a roof.

  • Self-determination

    Self-determination

    Self-Determination Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Self-determination (You may find self-determination at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1680s, “determination of mind,” from self- + determination. Political sense is attested from 1911, […]

  • Climate Change

    Climate Change

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Climate Change in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term climate change into Spanish: cambio climático (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus

  • Information Processing

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Information Processing in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term information processing into Spanish: procesamiento de la información (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related […]

  • Cohabitation

    Legal Definition of Cohabitation Meaning of Cohabitation Living together when unmarried. Synonyms of Cohabitation (Living together), noun abiding together act of dwelling together […]

  • Toll

    Toll

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Toll Meaning of Toll A fixed charge for some privilege granted or service rendered, especially one granted or rendered to the public and payable by whomsoever chooses to utilise the privilege or avail of […]

  • Toll

    Toll

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Toll Meaning of Toll A fixed charge for some privilege granted or service rendered, especially one granted or rendered to the public and payable by whomsoever chooses to utilise the privilege or avail of […]

  • Conflict of Interest

    A situation in which regard for one duty tends to lead to disregard of another. See U.S. v Miller, (C.A.Mass.) 463 F.2d 600. In relation to a public official, the term refers to a clash between public interest which that official is called upon to bear in mind in the performance of his duty […]

  • Conflict of Interest

    A situation in which regard for one duty tends to lead to disregard of another. See U.S. v Miller, (C.A.Mass.) 463 F.2d 600. In relation to a public official, the term refers to a clash between public interest which that official is called upon to bear in mind in the performance of his duty […]

  • 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. …

  • Bankruptcy

    What does Bankruptcy mean in American Law? The definition of Bankruptcy in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: A legal proceeding, regulated in the U.S. by the federal Bankruptcy Act, in which an insolvent debtor, by […]

  • Large-scale Construction

    Hierarchical Display of Large-scale construction Industry > Building and public works > Public worksTransport > Transport policy > Transport policy > Transport infrastructure > Engineering structure Meaning of Large-scale construction Overview and more information about Large-scale […]

  • Judicial Review

    Judicial Review

    Generally, the phrase denotes the power of Superior Courts to review the decisions and proceedings of inferior courts. However, the phrase has now specifically come to denote that jurisdiction of the superior courts whereby it issues the prerogative writs of Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari […]

  • Monopoly

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Monopoly Meaning of Monopoly An exclusive right , granted to few, of something which was before of common right. Charles river Bridge v warren Bridge, 11 Pet. 420, 9 L.Ed. 773. In a large sense, the term […]