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  • Anomie

    A term from the Greek meaning no law, used originally by Emile Durkheim to describe a society which has lost its traditional normative code, i.e., in which telling right from wrong has lost its generally unproblematic character. The term later developed so as to overlap with the […]

  • Deviance

    ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Crime Causation: Sociological Theories; Criminology: Modern Controversies; Delinquent and Criminal Subcultures. Crime and Criminology; Justice, Social; Labeling Theory; P…

  • Labeling Theory

    Definition of Labeling Theory The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Labeling Theory: A theory which arose from the study of deviance in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s and was a rejection of consensus theory or structural functionalism. These […]

  • Consumer

    nounbuyer buyer of labor client clientele coemptor customer emptor leaser lessee obtainer patron procurer purchaser purchaser of goods shopper transferee<…

  • Abortion

    Abortion

    Abortion in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of abortion. Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Abortion (You may find abortion at the world legal encyclopedia and the […]

  • Agricultural Holding

    English Legal System: Agricultural HoldingIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Agricultural Holding : A tenancy of agricultural land. Tenants have special statutory protection and there is a procedure to fix rent by arbitration if the […]

  • Right of Establishment

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

  • Building Regulations

    Hierarchical Display of Building regulations Social Questions > Construction and town planning > Construction policyProduction, Technology And Research > Technology and technical regulations > Technical regulationsSocial Questions > Construction and town planning > Town planning > […]

  • Common Agricultural Policy

    Meaning of Common Agricultural PolicyIn the context of Europe, and according to A Dictionary of Law, the following is a definition of Common Agricultural Policy : (Common Agricultural Policy, CAP) The agricultural policy of the EU as set out in Articles 32-38 of the Treaty of Rome. The overall […]

  • Expropriation

    Expropriation

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Expropriation Meaning of Expropriation The compulsory purchase of land or other property of a person by a municipal or other governmental authority usually in return for fair compensation. The right to […]

  • Republic

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Republic Meaning of Republic A commonwealth ; a form of government that has no monarch, where the administration of the government is carried on by elected representatives. <div […]

  • Food Standard

    Hierarchical Display of Food standard Social Questions > Health > Nutrition > Foodstuffs legislationProduction, Technology And Research > Technology and technical regulations > Technical regulations > Standardisation > Standard Meaning of Food standard Overview and more information about […]

  • Judicial Review

    Judicial Review

    Generally, the phrase denotes the power of Superior Courts to review the decisions and proceedings of inferior courts. However, the phrase has now specifically come to denote that jurisdiction of the superior courts whereby it issues the prerogative writs of Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari […]

  • Provision

    A clause in a legal document. Any right of patronage exerted by the Pope. In English law, a name given to certain statutes or acts of parliament such as Provisions of Oxford (1258), Provisions of westminster (1259). The term provision was the word used originally to designate an […]

  • Town

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Town Meaning of Town In its popular sense, the term indicates a thickly settled area, regardless of its legal boundaries or the form of municipal government . As a generic term, includes all f.r.s. of […]