Search results for: “land forces”
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Police
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Police Meaning of Police That function of the government which relates to the detection and arrest of offenders, the preservation of the public peace , the enforcement of the laws. Also, the constabulary […]
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Espionage
nounespial intelligence obtaining national defense secrets obtaining of classified information practice of spying on others search made for useful military information secret observation secret watching spying<…
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Avulsion
Removal by the perceptible action of a river or watercourse , of the soil belonging to one man and joining the same to that of another. Differs from accretion or alluvion in that in cases of avulsion the owner ship of the soil so removed does not change . A sudden and perceptible […]
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Avulsion
Removal by the perceptible action of a river or watercourse , of the soil belonging to one man and joining the same to that of another. Differs from accretion or alluvion in that in cases of avulsion the owner ship of the soil so removed does not change . A sudden and perceptible […]
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Habeas Corpus
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Habeas Corpus (You may find habeas corpus at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). writ requiring a person to be brought before a court, mid-15c., Latin, literally “(you should) have the person,” in phrase habeas […]
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Balance
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Balance Meaning of Balance The term is often used in the sense of residue or remainder , and in a general sense, may be defined as what remains or is left over. See commercial discount Co. v Holland, 289 […]
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Army
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Army Meaning of Army The military forces of a nation intended for service on land. It does not include the marine corps. 2 Sawy. (U.S.) 200; 21 N. Y. Supp. 104. Contra, 7 Rob. (N. Y.) 635. As used in the […]
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Enlargement
Increasing an estate, e.g., when a base fee becomes united with the reversion or remainder in fee, the base fee is enlarged to the fee-simple…
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Enlargement
Increasing an estate, e.g., when a base fee becomes united with the reversion or remainder in fee, the base fee is enlarged to the fee-simple…
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Déforcer
Concept of “Deforce, deforciare, deforcer ” Traditional meaning of déforcer in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) To withhold wrongfully; to act in deforcement. Deforciant, deforcians, deforceor: one who deforces; […]
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Lex
(Lat.) The law; a law for the government of mankind in society. Among the ancient Romans this word was frequently used as synonymous with right, jus. When put absolutely, it means the law of the Twelve Tables. …
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Court-martial
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Court-martial Meaning of Court-martial A court established for trying offenses against naval, military or airforce discipline, or against the ordinary law, by a member of the Armed Forces. <div […]
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Common-Law Marriage
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Common-law marriage Meaning of Common-law marriage A marriage based upon agreement by which the parties agree per verba de presenti to become husband and wife, followed by sexual consummation. To […]
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Dachau
Etimology of Dachau (You may find Dachau at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). town in Bavaria, Germany, from Old High German daha “clay” + ouwa “island,” describing its situation on high ground by the Amper River. Infamous as the site of a […]