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  • War

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of War Meaning of War A state of armed conflict between two or more nations. That state in which a nation prosecutes its rights by force. See Prize Cases 2 Black 635, 17 L. Ed. 459. In the United States the […]

  • Religion

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Religion Meaning of Religion The service and adoration of God or a God as expressed in f.r.s. of worship ; an apprehension, awareness or conviction of the existence of a supreme being; any system of […]

  • Slavery

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Slavery Meaning of Slavery The status or condition ot a slave. The keeping of slaves as a practice or legal institution. Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

  • Politics

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Politics Meaning of Politics The science of government ; the art or practice of administering public affairs. Politics Alternative Definition The science […]

  • Nuisance

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Nuisance Meaning of Nuisance An actionable wrong , distinct from trespass and negligence . Consists in the wrongful act or omission on the part of the defendant which indirectly impairs the use and […]

  • Restorative Justice

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Amnesty and Pardon; Comparative Criminal Law and Enforcement: Preliterate Societies; Informal Dispositions; Punishment; Rehabilitation; Retributivism; Sentencing: Alternatives; …

  • Rio Group

    Rio Group in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, rio group is: an intergovernmental grouping consisting of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela. The entries on trade policy are here. It was founded in Rio de Janeiro in 1983 to […]

  • Bureaucracy

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Bureaucracy Meaning of Bureaucracy A government by departments, each under a chief; a word to describe the system used in an invidious sense. Wharton. What does Bureaucracy mean in American Law? […]

  • Animal

    Any animate being which is not human, endowed with the power of voluntary motion. Domitae are those which have been tamed by man; domestic. Ferae naturae are those which still retain their wild nature. Mansuetae naturae, those which are tame by nature. …

  • Animal

    Any animate being which is not human, endowed with the power of voluntary motion. Domitae are those which have been tamed by man; domestic. Ferae naturae are those which still retain their wild nature. Mansuetae naturae, those which are tame by nature. …

  • Corpus

    (Lat. a body). The substance. Used of a human body, a corporation, a collection of laws, etc. …

  • Corpus

    (Lat. a body). The substance. Used of a human body, a corporation, a collection of laws, etc. …

  • Abandonment

    Adoption Legal Definition of Abandonment Meaning of Abandonment Desertion of a child by a parent or adult primary caregiver with no provisions for continued childcare nor with any apparent intention to return to resume caregiving.Learn more […]

  • Power

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Power Meaning of Power The right , ability, capacity or legal authority to do some act which a person cannot do without the power. Ability of a person to produce change in legal relation by doing or not […]

  • Power

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Power Meaning of Power The right , ability, capacity or legal authority to do some act which a person cannot do without the power. Ability of a person to produce change in legal relation by doing or not […]