Search results for: “subjects of international law”
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Protocol
Adoption Legal Definition of Protective Factors Meaning of Protective Factors Strengths and resources that appear to mediate or serve as a “buffer” against risk factors that contribute to vulnerability to maltreatment or against the […]
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Tax
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Tax Meaning of Tax An impost , a tribute imposed upon the subject . A compulsory imposition by competent authority on the subjects. there can be no option on the part of the taxpayer to pay or not to pay […]
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Strait
A narrow passage between two bodies of open sea within the jurisdiction of one or more states. straits are often between an island and the coast of a particular state or lay between two separate countries. subjects: an actor with the rights and duties of legal personality in some degree.
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War
Legal Definition and Related Resources of War Meaning of War A state of armed conflict between two or more nations. That state in which a nation prosecutes its rights by force. See Prize Cases 2 Black 635, 17 L. Ed. 459. In the United States the […]
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Patent
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Patent Meaning of Patent That which is apparent on the face of an instrument . manifest , evident. At common law the grant of some privilege , property or authority by the crown to one or more […]
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Uruguay Round
Uruguay Round in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, uruguay round is: multilateral trade negotiations launched at Punta del Este, Uruguay, on 25 September 1986 and concluded in Geneva on 15 December 1993. Signed by Ministers in Marrakesh, Morocco, on 15 April 1994. The objectives of the […]
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Peace
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Peace Meaning of Peace A state of repose and security and of public order and decorum. Public tranquility and obedience to law. Peace Alternative Definition […]
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Confidential Communications
Those statements with regard to any transaction made by one person to another during the continuance of some relation between them which calls for or warrants such communications. At law, certain classes of such communications are held not to be proper subjects of inquiry in courts of […]
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Confidential Communications
Those statements with regard to any transaction made by one person to another during the continuance of some relation between them which calls for or warrants such communications. At law, certain classes of such communications are held not to be proper subjects of inquiry in courts of […]
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Reprisals
The forcibly taking a thing by one nation which belonged to another, in return or satisfaction for an injury committed by the latter on the former. Vattel, bk. 2, c. 18, ç 342; 1 Bl. Comm. c. 7.(1) General reprisals take place by virtue of commissions delivered to officers and […]
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Ferae Naturae
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ferae naturae Meaning of Ferae naturae (Lat. of a wild nature; untamed). A term used to designate animals not usually tamed, or not regarded as reclaimed, so as to become the subjects of property. 2 Bl. […]
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Treaties Of Friendship, Commerce And Navigation
Treaties of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: usually known as FCN treaties. The entries on trade policy are here. It is a bilateral treaty form favoured in the past by the United States and some European […]
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A priori
(Lat. by the prior reason). In logic. An argument preceding from causes to effects. …
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Insurrection
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Insurrection Meaning of Insurrection A rebellion of citizens or subjects of a country against its government. An insurrection may constitute treason (2 Dall. [U. S.] 348), and, ,if extensive, may amount […]