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  • Federal Reporters

    Reporters containing decisions of the federal courts:(1) United States Supreme Court – There are three separate sets that report the Supreme Court decisions: United States Reports (U.S., official), Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct., unofficial) and United States Supreme Court Reports, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Core Democratic Values

    Definition of Core Democratic Values In relation to social issues, a meaning of core democratic values is provided here: fundamental beliefs and constitutional principles outlined in the Declaration of independence and/or the United States Constitution and other important writings of the […]

  • Core Democratic Values

    Definition of Core Democratic Values In relation to social issues, a meaning of core democratic values is provided here: fundamental beliefs and constitutional principles outlined in the Declaration of independence and/or the United States Constitution and other important writings of the […]

  • Chief Justice

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Chief justice Meaning of Chief justice The presiding or principal judge of a court. Translate Chief Justice from English to Spanish Translation of Chief Justice, with examples. More about free […]

  • Appellate Jurisdiction

    In practice. The jurisdiction which a superior court has to rehear causes which have been tried in inferior courts. See Jurisdiction. …

  • Res Ipsa Loquitur

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Res ipsa loquitur Meaning of Res ipsa loquitur (Latin phrase) The thing speaks for itself. A phrase used in actions for injury by negligence, where no proof of negligence is required beyond the accident […]

  • Inequality

    Inequality

    nounasymmetry bias contrast deviation difference disaccord disagreement discrepance discrepancy disparity disproportion disproportionateness dissimilarity dissimilitude</…

  • Sherman Act

    Sherman Act in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, sherman act is: a United States law passed in 1890 with the aim of prohibiting monopolies and restraints in interstate commerce as well as foreign trade. The entries on trade policy are here. It remains the basis of the American system of […]

  • Counsel

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Counsel Meaning of Counsel A person authorized by law to practice law. Also, advice , encouragement. Counsel Alternative Definition The counsellors who […]

  • Counsel

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Counsel Meaning of Counsel A person authorized by law to practice law. Also, advice , encouragement. Counsel Alternative Definition The counsellors who […]

  • Act of State Doctrine

    Act of State Doctrine

    This doctrine says that a nation is sovereign within its own borders and its domestic actions may not be questioned in the courts of another nation….

  • Pennsylvania Rule

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Pennsylvania Rule Meaning of Pennsylvania Rule In the law of negligence , the rule is to the effect that when one party has committed a statutory violation that is alleged to have caused a collision , the […]

  • Parallel Citation

    The page on which a quotation or relevant passage appears, as opposed to the page on which the case or article begins…

  • Jurisdiction

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jurisdiction Meaning of Jurisdiction The extent of legal authority and power . A term of large and comprehensive import , it generally denotes the lawful authority of a body to exercise power. The term […]