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  • Public Order

    Definition of Public Order An order from the court that the directs the state to take certain actions. Public Order/Public Policy in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of Public Order/Public Policy, produced by Tetley, […]

  • Justice

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Justice Meaning of Justice The constant and perpetual disposition to render every man his due. Inst. bk. 1, tit. 1; 2 Inst. 56. The conformJUSTICE ity of our actions and our will to the law. TouUier, Dr. […]

  • Domicile

    The permanent home of a person , or that place where a man has his true fixed and permanent home and principal establishment and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning. The relation which the law creates between an individual and a particular […]

  • Classification Of Guardian

    What is Classification of Guardian? A definition of classification of guardian is: A guardian by statute or testamentary guardian is a guardian appointed for a child by the deed or last will of the father, and who has the custody both of his person and estate until the attainment of full age. […]

  • Classification Of Guardian

    What is Classification of Guardian? A definition of classification of guardian is: A guardian by statute or testamentary guardian is a guardian appointed for a child by the deed or last will of the father, and who has the custody both of his person and estate until the attainment of full age. […]

  • Probation Period

    Adoption Legal Definition of Probation Period Meaning of Probation Period Time between placement of a child with the adoptive family and finalization, when the adoption is legalized in court. It varies by province but is at least six months. This […]

  • Probation Period

    Adoption Legal Definition of Probation Period Meaning of Probation Period Time between placement of a child with the adoptive family and finalization, when the adoption is legalized in court. It varies by province but is at least six months. This […]

  • Deferred Sentence

    Translate Deferred Sentence (Exclusive to Battery Charges) from English to SpanishTranslation of Deferred Sentence (Exclusive to Battery Charges), with examples. More http://lawin.org/translate-legal-terms/>about free online translation into Spanish of Pena desviada de v…

  • Deferred Sentence

    Translate Deferred Sentence (Exclusive to Battery Charges) from English to SpanishTranslation of Deferred Sentence (Exclusive to Battery Charges), with examples. More http://lawin.org/translate-legal-terms/>about free online translation into Spanish of Pena desviada de v…

  • Waiver

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Waiver Meaning of Waiver An intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege. Johnson v Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458, 58 S.Ct. 1019, 82 L.Ed. 1461. To constitute a waiver of a legal right […]

  • Waiver

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Waiver Meaning of Waiver An intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege. Johnson v Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458, 58 S.Ct. 1019, 82 L.Ed. 1461. To constitute a waiver of a legal right […]

  • Beneficiary

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Beneficiary Meaning of Beneficiary One who is entitled to the benefit of property ; one for whose benefit a trust is created; one for whose benefit a trustee , an executor , etc., holds the property. One […]

  • Antenuptial Agreement

    Or prenuptial agreement or premarital agreement-means an agreement between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage (see Marriage and Disolution of Marriage in Connecticut here)…

  • Intervention

    Intervention

    (Lat. intervenio, to come between or among). In Civil Law. The act by which a third party becomes a party in a suit pending between other persons. The intervention is made either to be joined to the plaintiff, and to claim the same thing he does, or some other thing connected with it; or […]

  • Renvoi

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Renvoi Meaning of Renvoi In private international law or conflict of laws, the term is applied to denote the doctrine whereby a court is referred in a particular matter to the rules of a foreign country, […]