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  • Service

    Service

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Service Meaning of Service A term of varied and flexible meaning, depending upon the context. In feudal law, it was that duty which a tenant by reason of his estate owed his lord. In practise , the […]

  • Service

    Service

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Service Meaning of Service A term of varied and flexible meaning, depending upon the context. In feudal law, it was that duty which a tenant by reason of his estate owed his lord. In practise , the […]

  • Continuation Clause

    A clause in a marine policy that the insurance shall continue in effect after twelve months, if then the voyage is not completed…

  • Continuation Clause

    A clause in a marine policy that the insurance shall continue in effect after twelve months, if then the voyage is not completed…

  • Title

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Title Meaning of Title A name by which anything is known. An appellation of honor or dignity . A right , particularly the right of ownership of property . In relation to property, while the primary […]

  • Forestall

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forestall Meaning of Forestall To obstruct a person’s way with force and arms ; also to raise the price of certain goods by holding up supplies, etc Synonyms of […]

  • Custody

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Custody Meaning of Custody The care and keeping of anything; safekeeping, protection, charge , care, guardianship. imprisonment , as in the words to be in custody. A restraint on one’s liberty . […]

  • Order-in-council

    An Order made by the King by and with the advice of His Majesty’s Privy Council, for the purposes of government, either in virtue of the royal prerogative or under statutory authority…

  • Project

    (Fr.) In international law. The draft of a proposed treaty or convention. …

  • Committal for Trial

    Committal for trial in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of committal for trial.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Officer Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading […]

  • Conveyancing

    A term including both the science and act of transferring titles to real estate from one man to another. It includes the examination of the title of the alienor, and also the preparation of the instruments of transfer. It is, in England and Scotland, and, to a greatly inferior extent, in […]

  • Hague Conventions

    Hague Conventions

    The agreements signed by the Powers in conference at The Hague as to the rules of international law by which they shall be bound. They are: 1899.(1) Pacific Settlement of International Disputes;(2) Laws and Customs of War on Land ;(3) Adaptation of Principles of Geneva […]

  • Land Registration

    The Land Registry, London, was established by by the Land Registry Act, 1862. The Land Transfer Act, 1875, provided for the voluntary registration of title to freeholds and leaseholds, and for the compulsory registration of writs, deeds, notices and charges relating to land.Registers of […]

  • Handling Stolen Goods

    English Legal System: Handling Stolen GoodsIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Handling Stolen Goods : Dishonestly receiving goods that one knows or believes to be stolen or undertaking, arranging, or assisting someone to retain, […]

  • Admissibility of Records

    English Legal System: Admissibility of RecordsIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Admissibility of Records : In civil cases documents containing information (records) are admissible as evidence of the facts stated in them. Before the […]