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  • Family Law

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Family Law in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term family law into Spanish: derecho de familia (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus Resources See Also […]

  • European Asylum Support Office

    Hierarchical Display of European Asylum Support Office European Union > EU institutions and European civil service > EU office or agencyLaw > International law > Private international law > Rights of aliens > Admission of aliens > Political asylum > Right of asylum Meaning of European […]

  • Private Adoption

    (1) An adoption arranged by a privately-funded, licensed adoption agency. See also Private agency. Commentary: Most provinces allow private adoption. All private adoption is regulated by the provincial ministry responsible for adoptions. Ministries license individuals and agencies to place […]

  • Unlawful Assembly

    Unlawful Assembly

    At common law, a meeting of three or more persons with a common plan in mind which, if carried out, will result in a riot. See Commonwealth v Duitch, 165 Pa. Super 187, 67 A.2d 821.

  • Unlawful Assembly

    Unlawful Assembly

    At common law, a meeting of three or more persons with a common plan in mind which, if carried out, will result in a riot. See Commonwealth v Duitch, 165 Pa. Super 187, 67 A.2d 821.

  • Salic Law

    An ancient and fundamental law established and developed in France from the beginning of the fifth century which provided that only a male could succeed to the throne. In relation to private rights, under the Salic law, succession to property was restricted only to those who could trace their […]

  • 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 […]

  • Lawful

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Lawful Meaning of Lawful That which is warranted or authorized by law; not contrary or forbidden by law. Although there is a similarity between the words lawful and legal the principal distinction between […]

  • By-laws

    By-laws

    Regulations, ordinances, rules or laws adopted by an municipality .

  • Lawsuit

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Lawsuit Meaning of Lawsuit A vernacular term for a suit, action or cause instituted in a court of law. Lawsuit Alternative Definition An action at law, or […]

  • Ignorance of the Law

    Ignorance of the law of one’s own country or state. The phrase does not ordinarily denote the ignorance of private rights or the laws of foreign countries. However, it is a maxim of equity that ignorance of the law is no excuse.

  • Private Placement

    The sale of a bond or other security directly to a limited number of investors….

  • Private Export Funding Corporation (Pefco)

    Company that mobilizes private capital for financing the export of big-ticket items by U.S. firms by purchasing at fixed interest rates the medium- to long-term debt obligations of importers of U.S. products….

  • Private Unrequited Transfers

    Refers to resident immigrant workers’ remittances to their country of origin as well as gifts, dowries, inheritances, prizes, charitable contributions, etc….

  • Private-Label Pass-Throughs

    Related: Conventional pass-throughs….