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  • 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 […]

  • Magnitude

    nounamplitude amplitudo bearing concern consequence consideration degree dimension effect eminence enormity essentiality extension extent gauge gravity</l…

  • Stress

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Stress Meaning of Stress Synonyms of Stress (Accent), noun accentuation attention beat distinction emphasis force import importance inflection […]

  • Precedence

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Precedence Meaning of Precedence Synonyms of Precedence noun advantage antecedence authority elevation ex tion importance predominance preeminence pre erence […]

  • Advantage

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Advantage Meaning of Advantage Synonyms of Advantage noun ascendancy asset assistance authority avail behoof benefit choice convenience dominance […]

  • Priority

    Precedence; going before . A legal preference or precedence. When two persons have similar rights in respect of the same subject matter, but one is entitled to exercise his right to the exclusion of the other , he is said to have priority.

  • Transformatio Decreti Oxoniensis

    Concept and History of Transformatio Decreti Oxoniensis offers, for the most part, a copy of the Decretum. It distinguishes Gratian’s own dicta from the canonical chapters of theDecretum in that it relegates the former into the margin. The text is further preceded by material of partly […]

  • Force

    Power in motion or action ; strength directed to an end; used as synonymous with violence in the context of assault . A person may use as much force as is reasonable in the circumstances in the prevention of crime , or in the affecting or assisting in the lawful arrest of […]

  • Supremacy

    Sovereign dominion, authority, and pre-eminence; the highest state. In the United States, the supremacy resides in the people, and is exercised by their constitutional representative, the president and congress. See Sovereignty. …

  • Alternat

    A usage among diplomatist by which the rank and places of different powers, who have the same right and pretentions to precedence, are changed from time to time, either in a certain regular order, or one determined by lot. In drawing up treaties and conventions, for example, it is the […]

  • Importance

    nounconcern concernment consequence distinction eminence emphasis essentiality fame grandeur gravity greatness import influence irreplaceability magnitude <li…

  • Emphasis

    nounaccent accentuation attention concentration consequence consideration distinction distinctness eminence emphasis force force of expression force of voice highlight</l…

  • Dominance

    nounascendance ascendancy authority control dominancy domination dominion eminence force governance hold importance influence mastery mightiness power</li…

  • Dominion

    (Absolute ownership), noun claim control deed demesne domain freehold holding interest lawful possession manor ownership possession possessorship power of disposal <l…