Search results for: “gale encyclopedia of american law”
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Discovery
Meaning of Discovery in Spanish Description/ translation of discovery into Spanish: (in the law of England and Wales/ en el derecho de Inglaterra y Gales) trámite que tiene lugar normalmente en la audiencia preliminar (= committal hearing), en el que las partes se comunican […]
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Privy Council
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Privy Council Meaning of Privy Council In England, the principal council of the crown , consisting of such persons as are nominated by the Crown to the office . The technical function of the Privy Council […]
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Committal
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Committal Meaning of Committal The sending of a person to prison, generally for a short period, or temporary purpose, e.g., for trial or for contempt of Court […]
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Amerce
What does Amerce mean in American Law? The definition of Amerce in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: See amercement. Grammar This term is a verb. Etimology of Amerce (You may find amerce at the world legal encyclopedia and […]
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Aforesaid
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Aforesaid Meaning of Aforesaid Before mentioned; already spoken of or described. See 20 Mo. 411; 20 Ala. 35. Translate Aforesaid from English to Spanish Translation of Aforesaid, with examples. More […]
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Recorder
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Recorder Meaning of Recorder In old English practise , a barrister appointed by the crown to act as a Justice of the peace in a borough having a separate court of quarter sessions and who was the sole […]
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Cloud
(Incumbrance), noun burden charge claim claim on property commitment debt hold on property hypothecation indebtedness indebtment liability mortgagee obligation obstruction…
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Cigar
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Cigar (You may find cigar at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1730, from Spanish cigarro (source also of French cigare), probably from Maya sicar “to smoke rolled tobacco leaves,” from si’c […]
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Referral
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Referral Meaning of Referral An OK from the primary care physician for the patient to see a specialist or get certain services. In many HMO plans, the insured person needs to get a referral before they […]
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Plea
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Plea Meaning of Plea An allegation made by either party in a litigation . A defendant ‘s answer of fact to the plaintiffs allegation. A plea in bar is one that goes to the merits of the case and denies […]
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Loyal
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Loyal Meaning of Loyal Faithful to law; faithful and true to the lawful government . Loyal Alternative Definition Legal, or according to law; as, loyal […]
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Caution
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Caution Meaning of Caution means a warning; a notice given to all and sundry of an interest that a person has in land and tenements, as in the case of an administrator or an executor registering a […]
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Commit
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Commit Meaning of Commit To do a wrongful act; to send a person to prison by virtue of lawful authority for a crime committed by that person. The term also denotes the act of judicial pronouncement of […]
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Encroachment
The unauthorized extending of the bundaries of one’s land into that of another. To gain unlawfully the lands, property or authority of another by a gradual or partial assumption of right . Miami corporation v state , 173 So. 315, 186 La. 784; to intrude unlawfully upon thè […]
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Boni Homines
(Law Lat.) In old European law. Good men; a name given, In early European jurisprudence, to the tenants of the lord, who judged each other in the lord’s courts. 3 Bl. Comm. 349. Blackstone, speaking of the origin of juries, says that all the nations which adopted the feudal system, as […]