Search results for: “common law legal system”

  • Civil Law

    Civil law in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of civil law. Civil Law in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a […]

  • Central American Common Market

    Central American Common Market in the International Legal Encyclopedia The CACM (or MCCA: Mercado Común Centroamericana) was based on the General… (Read more) Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Central American Common Market in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term […]

  • Common Market

    Common Market

    Financial Definition of Common Market Meaning of Common Market An agreement between two or more countries that permits the free movement of capital and labor as well as goods and services. Related Entries of […]

  • Economic System

    Hierarchical Display of Economic system Economics > Economic structureAgri-Foodstuffs > Production > Production policy > Mode of production Meaning of Economic system Overview and more information about Economic system For a more comprehensive understanding of Economic system, see in the […]

  • Group System

    Group system in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the system on which negotiations in UNCTAD in particular were based for a long time. The UNCTAD membership is divided formally into four groups: Asian and African countries (Group A), OECD […]

  • Law

    Definition of Law The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Law: A body of rules or norms passed by a legislated authority and enforced by an authorized and specialized body. Law clearly identifies the defining characteristic of the state – the ability to […]

  • Adversary System

    A phrase used to distinguish the common law legal system from some others, e.g.., the civil law system in some of its aspects, with respect to the manner in which actions are commenced and facts proved. The idea is that an adversary system depends upon adversaries, i.e., persons with […]

  • Ecclesiastical Law

    The law of the church . In England, the lay or secular courts were separated from the ecclesiastical courts after the Conquest and the latter were invested with the sole jurisdiction over ecclesiastical causes, which included the subject of marriage and divorce . In modern times, […]

  • Ecclesiastical Law

    The law of the church . In England, the lay or secular courts were separated from the ecclesiastical courts after the Conquest and the latter were invested with the sole jurisdiction over ecclesiastical causes, which included the subject of marriage and divorce . In modern times, […]

  • Due Process of Law

    Law in its regular course of administration through courts of justice. 3 Story, Const. 264, 661; 18 How. (U. S.) 272; 13 N. Y. 378. It is the equivalent to law of the land, as used in Magna Charta. Co. Inst. 60; 18 How. (U. S.) 272; 11 Mich. 129. Whatever difficulty may […]

  • Civil Law System

    Civil Law System

    Meaning of Civil Law System in the Past The term civil law is generally applied by way of eminence to the civil or municipal (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) law of the Roman empire, without distinction as to the time when the principles of such law were […]

  • Civil Law System

    Civil Law System

    Meaning of Civil Law System in the Past The term civil law is generally applied by way of eminence to the civil or municipal (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.S. encyclopedia) law of the Roman empire, without distinction as to the time when the principles of such law were […]

  • Law Merchant

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Law merchant Meaning of Law merchant In England. The general body of commercial usages in matters relative to commerce. Blackstone calls it the “custom of merchants,” and ranks it under the head […]

  • House of Commons

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of House of commons Meaning of House of commons One of the constituent houses of the English parliament. It is composed of the representatives of the people, as distinguished from the house of lords, which […]

  • Common-Law Marriage

    Common-Law Marriage

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Common-law marriage Meaning of Common-law marriage A marriage based upon agreement by which the parties agree per verba de presenti to become husband and wife, followed by sexual consummation. To […]