Search results for: “species protection”
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Ownership
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ownership Meaning of Ownership The right by which a thing belongs to some one in particular to the exclusion of all others. Civ. Code La. art. 480. See Ovraer. Browse You might be interested in […]
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Division of Property
Hierarchical Display of Division of property Law > Civil law > Ownership Meaning of Division of property Overview and more information about Division of property For a more comprehensive understanding of Division of property, see in the general part of the online platform.[rtbs […]
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Homage
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Homage Meaning of Homage The feudal meaning of the word is a service or the ceremony of rendering same which a tenant was bound to perform to his lord on receiving investiture or fee or on inheriting […]
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Shrimp/turtle
Shrimp/turtle in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, shrimp/turtle is: a case brought before the WTO in 1997 by Thailand, Malaysia, India and Pakistan against the United States. The background to the case was that all sea turtles found in United States waters are listed as endangered under […]
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Interpretation
Finding out or collecting the intention of a writer, either from his words or from other conjectures or from both. Interpretation may be literal, which is where one collects the intention from the words used only; or rational, where the words do not express the intention perfectly but […]
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Copyhold
A species of tenure founded on immemorial custom by which land was originally held of the lord of the manor by villein tenants in return for uncertain agricultural services, which services later came to be commuted into money payments and villeinage become copyhold. Copyhold are […]
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Censuales
In old European law. A species of oblati or voluntary slaves of churches or monasteries; those who, to procure the protection of the church, bound themselves to pay an annual tax or quitrent only of their estates to a church or monastery. …
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Calpe, Or Caupe
In old Scotch law. A gift of a horse, or other thing, made by a man in his lifetime and liege poustie (lawful power) , to the chief of his clan or other superior, for his maintenance and protection, and which was delivered immediately after his decease. Skene de Verb. Sign, voc. […]