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  • Navy

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Navy Meaning of Navy A fleet of ships; an assembly of ships of war. Navy Alternative Definition The whole shipping, taken collec tively, belonging to […]

  • Armed Forces

    Armed forces, jurisdiction over visiting forces in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of armed forces, jurisdiction over visiting forces. Resources Legal English Vocabulary: armed […]

  • Child

    The immediate progeny of human parents; offspring born to such parents. 262 111. 183; 200 111. 401. The son or daughter, in relation to the father or mother; the correlative of parent. A young person- of either sex. The age limit of childhood is undefined. 5 Har. & J. (Md.) […]

  • War

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of War Meaning of War A state of armed conflict between two or more nations. That state in which a nation prosecutes its rights by force. See Prize Cases 2 Black 635, 17 L. Ed. 459. In the United States the […]

  • Public Policy

    The phrase is one of wide import covering all principles under which the freedom of contract or private dealings is restricted by law for the good of the community . The principle which declares that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to public welfare. […]

  • Association

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Association Meaning of Association A union of persons for a common purpose, a confederacy . The persons so uniting. A body of persons not invested legally with corporate status . See Pacific Electric […]

  • Negotiable Instrument

    Any written security such as a promissory note , a check , a draft or other bill of exchange which may be transferred by endorsement and delivery or by delivery only so as to vest title in the person who acquires the same in good faith and for value and which enables the […]

  • Research

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Research Meaning of Research Synonyms of Research verb analyze burrow chase after check on delve into dissect examine experiment explore go in quest […]

  • 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 […]

  • Espionage

    nounespial intelligence obtaining national defense secrets obtaining of classified information practice of spying on others search made for useful military information secret observation secret watching spying<…

  • Defensum

    (Law. Lat.) In old English law. An inclosure, or any fenced ground. ,2 Mon. Ang. 114; 3 Mon. Ang. 306. Inclusum et positum in defensum, inclosed and put in defense or fence. Bracton, fol. 228. Rationabilia defensa, reasonable defenses. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 19, § 7. A part of an open […]

  • Defensum

    (Law. Lat.) In old English law. An inclosure, or any fenced ground. ,2 Mon. Ang. 114; 3 Mon. Ang. 306. Inclusum et positum in defensum, inclosed and put in defense or fence. Bracton, fol. 228. Rationabilia defensa, reasonable defenses. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 19, § 7. A part of an open […]

  • Departure

    In pleading , a departure is said to exist where a party quits or departs from the case or defense which he has first made, and has recourse to another. warren v Powers, 5 Conn. 373. Where a departure relates to material averments the court is entitled to ignore the pleading that […]

  • Departure

    In pleading , a departure is said to exist where a party quits or departs from the case or defense which he has first made, and has recourse to another. warren v Powers, 5 Conn. 373. Where a departure relates to material averments the court is entitled to ignore the pleading that […]

  • Severance

    The act of severing. partition . Division. In relation to joint tenancy , it is the destruction of the unities essential for the formation and continuance of joint tenancy .