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  • Case Law

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Case Law Meaning of Case Law Law which is found in reported cases as distinguished from the law found in statutes. Sometimes used synonymously with common law . […]

  • Civil Law

    Civil law in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of civil law. Civil Law in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a […]

  • Ordinary Court of Law

    Hierarchical Display of Ordinary court of law Law > Organisation of the legal system > Legal systemLaw > Justice > Judicial proceedings Meaning of Ordinary court of law Overview and more information about Ordinary court of law For a more comprehensive understanding of Ordinary court of […]

  • Alternative sentence

    A sentence in a criminal case giving the convicted person a choice of punishment. The only modem alternative sentences of any significance are those traffic-court sentences in 10 days or $100 form. (An indigent, however, cannot constitutionally have his sentence extended merely […]

  • Family Law

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Family Law in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term family law into Spanish: derecho de familia (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus Resources See Also […]

  • Retroactivity of A Law

    Hierarchical Display of Retroactivity of a law Law > Sources and branches of the law > Source of law > Legislation > Legal rule Meaning of Retroactivity of a law Overview and more information about Retroactivity of a law For a more comprehensive understanding of Retroactivity of a law, see […]

  • Retroactivity of A Law

    Hierarchical Display of Retroactivity of a law Law > Sources and branches of the law > Source of law > Legislation > Legal rule Meaning of Retroactivity of a law Overview and more information about Retroactivity of a law For a more comprehensive understanding of Retroactivity of a law, see […]

  • Medical Law

    Hierarchical Display of Medical law Social Questions > Health > Health policy > Organisation of health careSocial Questions > Health > Medical science > Medicine Meaning of Medical law Overview and more information about Medical law For a more comprehensive understanding of Medical law, […]

  • Lawful Age

    Full age of majority .

  • Lawful Age

    Full age of majority .

  • Alternative judgment

    A judgment which gives the party against whom it is rendered a choice of what to do in order to obey. Ordinarily such judgments are defective as lacking in sufficient certainty. But in replevin actions it is very common for the judgment to order the defendant either to restore to the plaintiff […]

  • Alternative contract

    A contract pursuant to which one or both parties can properly perform by rendering any one of two or more performances, e.g., Seller shall deliver either a Queen Anne breakfront or 12 cases of Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1972. Also called alternative obligation….

  • Native

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Native Meaning of Native As an adjective, the term as applied to a person denotes that he is a citizen of the country in which he was born. See Me Brie. v Gulf Oil Corp., (Tex.Civ.App.) 25 I S. W.2d 151. […]

  • Alternative pleading

    See alsoAt common law, a pleading that alleges facts so different or mutually… (Read more)…

  • Alternative pleading

    See alsoAt common law, a pleading that alleges facts so different or mutually… (Read more)…