Search results for: “interdiction”

  • Restriction

    Restriction

    That which restricts; a restraint. In real estate law, it is a limitation on the free use of land. See Restrictive Covenants.

  • Civil

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Civil Meaning of Civil Derived from Latin civilis, a citizen as distinguished from a savage or barbarian. Byers v Sun Savings Bank, 139 P. 948, 41 Okl. 728. As opposed to criminal , the term indicates […]

  • Enjoin

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Enjoin Meaning of Enjoin To command or instruct with authority ; to abate , suspend or restrain ; to issue an injunction . Enjoin Alternative Definition […]

  • Inhibition

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Inhibition Meaning of Inhibition In ecclesiastical law , an order of disqualification for a specified time prohibiting a member of the clergy from functioning in his office . Also, a writ to prohibit a […]

  • Necessaries

    The term as generally understood applies to purchases made by minors and married women whereby the estate of the minor , his parent or the husband is bound to pay for them. The term includes services, food, clothing and household supplies. In matrimonial law, a relative term and does […]

  • Blockade

    Blockade

    In disposition of troops or vessels so as to cut off all external communications with an enemy’s town, fort or port.

  • Zero Tolerance

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Schools and School Districts; Three Strikes Laws. Drug Interdiction ; Operation Intercept ; U.S. Government: The Organization of U.S. Drug Policy BROKEN WINDOWS T…

  • Zero Tolerance

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Schools and School Districts; Three Strikes Laws. Drug Interdiction ; Operation Intercept ; U.S. Government: The Organization of U.S. Drug Policy BROKEN WINDOWS T…

  • Between

    Intervening time, space, position or state v Johnson, 275 So. 405.

  • Obviation

    nounabolition abrogation arresting bar blockage cancellation check deterrent elimination forestalling interdiction prevention removal stoppage turning aside <…

  • Constraint

    In Scotch law. Duress. It is a general rule that when one is compelled into a contract there is no effectual consent, though, ostensibly, there is the form of it. In such case, the contract will be declared void. The constraint requisite thus to annul a contract must be a vis aut metus […]

  • Condemn

    To sentence; to adjudge. 3 Bl. Comm. 291. To declare a vessel a prize; to declare a vessel unfit for service. 1 Kent, Comm. 102; 5 Esp. 65. To take by exercise of the power of eminent domain. …

  • Conseil Judiciaire

    In French law. When a person has been subjected to an interdiction on the ground of his insane extravagance, but the interdiction is not absolute, but limited only, the court of first instance, which grants the interdiction, appoints a counsel, called by this Qame, with whose assistance the […]