Search results for: “positive law”
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Edict
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Edict Meaning of Edict A command or proclamation ; carrying the authority of law issued by the sovereign ; in fact positive law , as contrasted with a mere proclamation which may be a declaration of what […]
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Commenda Est Facultas Recipiendi Et Retinendi Beneficlum Contra Jus Posltivum A Suprema Potestate
A commendam is the power of receiving and retaining a benefice contrary to positive law, by supreme authority. Moore, 905. …
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Natural Rights
Those rights which appertain originally and essentially to each person as a human being and which are inherent in his nature as contrasted to civil rights, which are given, defined and circumscribed by such positive laws enacted by civilized communities as are necessary to the maintenance of […]
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Harter Act 1893
Harter Act 1893 in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of Harter Act 1893, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: formerly 46 U.S. Code Appx. 190-196. It is the precursor of COGSA (see this maritime law term […]
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Clean Hands
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Clean Hands Meaning of Clean Hands One of the maxims of equity is he who comes into equity must come with clean hands. If, from the plaintiffs own stating or otherwise , the cause of action appears to arise […]
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Clean Hands
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Clean Hands Meaning of Clean Hands One of the maxims of equity is he who comes into equity must come with clean hands. If, from the plaintiffs own stating or otherwise , the cause of action appears to arise […]
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Absolute Right
A right may be called absolute merely to distinguish it from one which is relative, or contingent, or not yet finally vested. See absolute. But there is another, further meaning of absolute right in which absolute almost means natural (in the […]
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Absolute Right
A right may be called absolute merely to distinguish it from one which is relative, or contingent, or not yet finally vested. See absolute. But there is another, further meaning of absolute right in which absolute almost means natural (in the […]
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Equity
Equity in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of equity. Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Equity (You may find equity at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of […]
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Equity
Equity in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of equity. Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Equity (You may find equity at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of […]
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Costs
In a judicial proceeding , the term costs means allowances made in favor of one litigant as against another. Includes all those expenses of litigation which one party has to pay to the other and they must be carefully distinguished from fees. The term also refers to statutory […]
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Adjudication
Adjudication in the law of the United States Adjudication: Related U.S. Resources Adjudication in the American Law Encyclopedia Judicial Function Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus Judicial Function Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary See Also Judge (Judicial Function) Judicial […]
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Adjudication
Adjudication in the law of the United States Adjudication: Related U.S. Resources Adjudication in the American Law Encyclopedia Judicial Function Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus Judicial Function Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary See Also Judge (Judicial Function) Judicial […]
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Presumption
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Presumption Meaning of Presumption Presumptions are either of fact or of law. Presumptions of fact are inferences which a court is at liberty , but not compelled, to draw from the facts proven before it. […]