Search results for: “constitutional law”
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Written Law
One of the two leading divisions of the Roman law, comprising the leges, plebiscita, senatus consulta, prindpum placita, magistratuum edicta, and responsa prudentum. Inst. 1. 2. 3. Statute law; law deriving its force from express legislative enactment. 1 Rl. Comm. 62, 85. …
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Massachusetts Burma Law
Massachusetts Burma Law in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, massachusetts burma law is: adopted by the Massachusetts state legislature in 1996 to promote improvements in human rights policies in Burma. The law gave companies avoiding doing business with Burma a 10% preference margin in […]
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Constitutional Amendment
Constitutional Amendment in the law of the United StatesConstitutional Amendment: Related U.S. ResourcesConstitutional Amendment in the American Law Encyclopedia<a href=&…
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Constitutional Amendment
Constitutional Amendment in the law of the United StatesConstitutional Amendment: Related U.S. ResourcesConstitutional Amendment in the American Law Encyclopedia<a href=&…
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Blue Laws
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Blue laws Meaning of Blue laws A name applied to certain laws of extreme rigor, supposed to have been anciently in force in Connecticut. Rigorous puritanical laws, generally. What does Blue Laws […]
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Blue Laws
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Blue laws Meaning of Blue laws A name applied to certain laws of extreme rigor, supposed to have been anciently in force in Connecticut. Rigorous puritanical laws, generally. What does Blue Laws […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Unlawful
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Unlawful Meaning of Unlawful In its widest sense, it means that which is contrary to law, that which is illegal and also that which violates some legal right. No action can be founded upon any transaction […]
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Municipal Law
In contradistinction to international law is the system of law proper to any single nation or state. It is the rule or law by which a particular district, community, or nation is governed. 1 Bl. Comm. 44. Municipal law contrasts with international law, in that it is a system of law proper […]
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Municipal Law
In contradistinction to international law is the system of law proper to any single nation or state. It is the rule or law by which a particular district, community, or nation is governed. 1 Bl. Comm. 44. Municipal law contrasts with international law, in that it is a system of law proper […]