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  • Claim

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Claim Meaning of Claim The assertion of a right to a remedy , relief or property . Frequently used as synonymous with cause of action . The right to demand something of another. Frequently the term is […]

  • Advowson

    A right of presentation to a church or benefice. He who possesses this right is called the patron or advocate. When there is no patron, or he neglects to exercise his right within six months, it is called a lapse, and a title is given to the ordinary to […]

  • Advowson

    A right of presentation to a church or benefice. He who possesses this right is called the patron or advocate. When there is no patron, or he neglects to exercise his right within six months, it is called a lapse, and a title is given to the ordinary to […]

  • Consistory

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Consistory Meaning of Consistory In ecclesiastical law. An assembly of cardinals convoked by the pope. The consistory is either public or secret. It is public when the pope receives princes or gives […]

  • Clerus

    Concept of “Clerus” Traditional meaning of clerus in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) The clergy. Resources Notes and References Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Clerus”, […]

  • Clerus

    Concept of “Clerus” Traditional meaning of clerus in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) The clergy. Resources Notes and References Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Clerus”, […]

  • Body Politic

    A term usually used to refer to whole political structure of a nation or subdivision thereof, not so much the formal institutions but the whole citizenry regarded in their political rather than private and personal nature. Only rarely used as an inflated locution for a political body. The term […]

  • Deposition

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

  • Process

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Process Meaning of Process The proceedings in any action or prosecution , real or personal , civil or criminal , from the beginning to the end; strictly, the summons by which one is cited into a court , […]

  • Chapter

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Chapter Meaning of Chapter In ecclesiastical law , the body of clergy connected with a cathedral to assist the bishop in the administration of matters relating to the church . <div […]

  • Chapter

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Chapter Meaning of Chapter In ecclesiastical law , the body of clergy connected with a cathedral to assist the bishop in the administration of matters relating to the church . <div […]

  • Capital

    Hello Hello Legal Definition and Related Resources of Capital Meaning of Capital As an adjective, means chief , principal , or of pertaining to the death penalty , punishable with death. As a noun, in commercial parlance, means the fund or the […]

  • Clericale Privilegium

    Benefit of clergy (q.v.) …

  • Clericale Privilegium

    Benefit of clergy (q.v.) …

  • Benefit

    Advantage; profit. In the context of certain social welfare legislations, the term means periodic payments made to a qualified recipient.