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  • Evidence

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Evidence (You may find evidence at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). c. 1300, “appearance from which inferences may be drawn,” from Old French evidence, from Late Latin evidentia “proof,” in classical […]

  • Removal

    In practise, removal means the transfer of the suit or cause from one court to another. The cases where the United States Court may acquire jurisdiction by the removal from state court where jurisdiction would not have attached if the suit had been originally brought therein are cases of […]

  • Removal

    In practise, removal means the transfer of the suit or cause from one court to another. The cases where the United States Court may acquire jurisdiction by the removal from state court where jurisdiction would not have attached if the suit had been originally brought therein are cases of […]

  • Bankruptcy

    What does Bankruptcy mean in American Law? The definition of Bankruptcy in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: A legal proceeding, regulated in the U.S. by the federal Bankruptcy Act, in which an insolvent debtor, by […]

  • Crime

    English Spanish Translation of Crime DelitoFind other English to Spanish translations from the Pocket Spanish English Legal Dictionary (print and online), the English to Spanish to English dictionaries (like Crime) and the Word reference legal translator. Translate […]

  • Appeal

    Grammar This term is a verb. Etimology of Appeal (You may find appeal at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). early 14c., originally in legal sense of “to call” to a higher judge or court, from Anglo-French apeler “to call upon, accuse,” Old […]

  • Appeal

    Grammar This term is a verb. Etimology of Appeal (You may find appeal at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). early 14c., originally in legal sense of “to call” to a higher judge or court, from Anglo-French apeler “to call upon, accuse,” Old […]

  • Copyright

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Copyright Meaning of Copyright An incorporeal right existing in a work of art, literature, music, films, pictures, etc., in favor of the author of such work and is governed by the provisions of the […]

  • Copyright

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Copyright Meaning of Copyright An incorporeal right existing in a work of art, literature, music, films, pictures, etc., in favor of the author of such work and is governed by the provisions of the […]

  • Mitigating Circumstances

    English Spanish Translation of Mitigating Circumstances Circunstancias atenuantesFind other English to Spanish translations from the Pocket Spanish English Legal Dictionary (print and online), the English to Spanish to English dictionaries (like Mitigating Circumstances) […]

  • Mitigating Circumstances

    English Spanish Translation of Mitigating Circumstances Circunstancias atenuantesFind other English to Spanish translations from the Pocket Spanish English Legal Dictionary (print and online), the English to Spanish to English dictionaries (like Mitigating Circumstances) […]

  • Public Policy

    The phrase is one of wide import covering all principles under which the freedom of contract or private dealings is restricted by law for the good of the community . The principle which declares that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to public welfare. […]

  • Legal Action

    To start a legal action Against: Entablar un juicio Contra…

  • Child Pornography

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Law, Children and the; Photographs of Children; Theories of Childhood. Child Abuse; Computer Crime; First Amendment; Freedom of Speech; Obscenity; Pedophilia.Further …

  • Restorative Justice

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