Search results for: “emancipation”

  • Control

    Exercise or to have the right to exercise a directing or governing influence over a thing. The power of authority to manage, direct, superintend, restrict, regulate, govern, administer or oversee.

  • Control

    Exercise or to have the right to exercise a directing or governing influence over a thing. The power of authority to manage, direct, superintend, restrict, regulate, govern, administer or oversee.

  • Release

    Release

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Release Meaning of Release A Relinquishment or surrender to another of some claim or interest in property , a right of action , etc. At common law , the term also denoted a conveyance of a larger estate […]

  • Liberation

    In civil law. The extinguishment of a contract, by which he who was bound becomes free or liberated. Wolff. Dr. Nat. § 749. Synonymous with payment. Dig. 50. 16. 47. …

  • Liberation

    In civil law. The extinguishment of a contract, by which he who was bound becomes free or liberated. Wolff. Dr. Nat. § 749. Synonymous with payment. Dig. 50. 16. 47. …

  • Patria Potestas

    (Lat.) In civil law. The paternal power; the authority which the law vests in the father over the persons and property of his legitimate children. One of the effects of marriage is the paternal authority over the children born in wedlock. In the early period of the Roman history, the […]

  • Patria Potestas

    (Lat.) In civil law. The paternal power; the authority which the law vests in the father over the persons and property of his legitimate children. One of the effects of marriage is the paternal authority over the children born in wedlock. In the early period of the Roman history, the […]

  • Liberty

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Liberty Meaning of Liberty Freedom. Freedom from restraint, but under conditions regulated by law; freedom from extraneous control . Also used to denote a franchise or perÂsonal privilege ; […]

  • Liberty

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Liberty Meaning of Liberty Freedom. Freedom from restraint, but under conditions regulated by law; freedom from extraneous control . Also used to denote a franchise or perÂsonal privilege ; […]

  • Filial

    Filial in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims See Emancipation; Parent.Note: This legal definition of Filial in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893. Browse You might be […]

  • Critical Theory

    Definition of Critical Theory The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Critical Theory: A sociology developed by the Frankfurt school that is influenced by divergent intellectual ideas, including Marxism and psychoanalysis. It starts from two principles: […]

  • Serf

    In feudal law. A term applied to a class of persons who were bound to perform very onerous duties towards others. Poth. des Personnes, pt. 1, tit. 1, a. 6, § 4. There is this essential difference between a serf and a slave: The serf was bound simply to labor […]

  • Unless

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Unless Meaning of Unless A preposition introduced to denote an exception. It separates what follows it from what precedes. Related Entries of Unless in the […]

  • State Capitalism

    Definition of State Capitalism The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of State Capitalism: A term proposed by critical sociologists and social theorists to describe the political and economic structure of Soviet-style communist systems. The core idea is […]

  • Implied

    As contrasted with express , e.g., where the intention in regard to an agreement is not manifested by explicit and direct words, but is gathered by implication or necessary deduction from the circumstances, and the general language or conduct of the parties to the […]