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  • Mental Retardation

    Mental Retardation

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Mental Retardation Meaning of Mental Retardation A state of significant subnormal intellectual development with reduction of social competence in a minor or adult person which has existed prior to […]

  • Risk

    Hazard , danger , peril , exposure to loss, injury , disadvantage or destruction, and comprises all elements of danger. Knox Jewelry Co. Inc. v Cincinnati Ins. Co., 203 S.E.2d 739, 130 Ga.App. 519. In insurance law, it denotes that specified contingency or peril contemplated in the […]

  • Choice

    Choice

    (Alternatives offered), noun delectus discretion discrimination election opportunities option pick remaining courses remaining options selection substitutes Associated Concepts: alternat…

  • Choice

    Choice

    (Alternatives offered), noun delectus discretion discrimination election opportunities option pick remaining courses remaining options selection substitutes Associated Concepts: alternat…

  • Adversary System

    A phrase used to distinguish the common law legal system from some others, e.g.., the civil law system in some of its aspects, with respect to the manner in which actions are commenced and facts proved. The idea is that an adversary system depends upon adversaries, i.e., persons with […]

  • Conflict

    Conflict

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conflict Meaning of Conflict Synonyms of Conflict noun adverseness affray altercation animosity antagonism antipathy argument argumentation battle […]

  • Chicago School

    Definition of Chicago School The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Chicago School: Refers to the research and social theory that emerged in the first half of the 20th century from the world’s first school of sociology at the University of Chicago. […]

  • Pre-experimental Design

    Definition of Pre-experimental Design The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Pre-experimental Design: A research design which does not fit the standards of an authentic experiment. Usually undertaken for exploratory purposes. Typical of this design is […]

  • Libertarianism

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Freedom; Friedman, Milton; Hayek, Friedrich August; Mises, Ludwig Edler von; Philosophy, Political Independent Parties. Anarchism; Independent Parties; Natural Law…

  • Ideographic

    Definition of Ideographic The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Ideographic: Explanations of specific events, phenomenon or behaviours which are sought in the careful examination of specific preceding events. For example, why did Mary murder the butler? […]

  • Scientific Method

    Definition of Scientific Method The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Scientific Method: The methods and techniques of investigation and analysis used in the sciences to develop theories and design experiments. Usually scientific methods attempt to […]

  • Civil

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Civil Meaning of Civil Derived from Latin civilis, a citizen as distinguished from a savage or barbarian. Byers v Sun Savings Bank, 139 P. 948, 41 Okl. 728. As opposed to criminal , the term indicates […]

  • Positive School

    Definition of Positive School The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Positive School: In criminology this refers to the first scientific school consisting of the Italian criminologists Cesare Lombroso (1836-1909), Raffaelo Garofalo (1852-1934) and Enrico […]

  • Positive School

    Definition of Positive School The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Positive School: In criminology this refers to the first scientific school consisting of the Italian criminologists Cesare Lombroso (1836-1909), Raffaelo Garofalo (1852-1934) and Enrico […]

  • Etiology

    Definition of Etiology The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Etiology: The study of the origins or causes of things. Typically used in medical research to describe the study of the causes of disease, but the term is also used in the social sciences in […]