Search results for: “child labor”
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Due Process of Law
Law in its regular course of administration through courts of justice. 3 Story, Const. 264, 661; 18 How. (U. S.) 272; 13 N. Y. 378. It is the equivalent to law of the land, as used in Magna Charta. Co. Inst. 60; 18 How. (U. S.) 272; 11 Mich. 129. Whatever difficulty may […]
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Action
Etimology of “-ee” (You will find terms ending with -ee at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). word-forming element in legal English (and in imitation of it), representing the Anglo-French -é ending of past participles used as nouns (compare -y […]
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Title
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Title Meaning of Title A name by which anything is known. An appellation of honor or dignity . A right , particularly the right of ownership of property . In relation to property, while the primary […]
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Kin
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Kin Relatives. Primarily, relatives by the tie of consanguinity or blood. But including for the purposes of a statute respecting competency to testify as to aIncluding transaction with one since deceased, otherwise known as a dead man’s […]
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Kindergarten
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Kindergarten Literally in the translation of the German from which it derives, a children’s garden. Actually, a class in school which precedes the first grade. Meaning of Kindergarten A garden of […]
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Rural Housing Service
Concept of Rural Housing Service (rhs) in the context of Real Property A short definition of Rural Housing Service (rhs): An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that helps rural communities and individuals by providing loans and grants for housing and community facilities. It provides […]
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Rural Housing Service
Concept of Rural Housing Service (rhs) in the context of Real Property A short definition of Rural Housing Service (rhs): An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that helps rural communities and individuals by providing loans and grants for housing and community facilities. It provides […]
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Conciliation
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conciliation Meaning of Conciliation Peaceful resolution of a dispute through persuasion. Within Age discrimination in Employment Act requirement that secretary of labor must conciliate prior to […]
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Credit Opportunity
Concept of Equal Credit Opportunity Act in the context of U.S. Real Property A short definition of Equal Credit Opportunity Act: Federal law granting women certain independent status, and preventing lenders from considering such negative credit aspects as the possibility of a woman having […]
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Master
A director , governor, teacher, one who has servants. The captain of a ship. A judicial officer of the U.S. Courts having set and specified judicial functions. See federal Rule of civil procedure 53, Appendix 2.
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Partner
One who is a member of a partnership (q. v.) Ostensible Partners. Those held out and known as partners, and who in reality are such. Secret Partners. Those whose relation to the partnership is concealed. Active Partners. Those who take an active part in the conduct of the business. They […]
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Include
To have as a component part; to contain; to consider with or put into a general category. Occurring in Statutes and in the interpretation clauses of formal documents, generally the word is used to enlarge the meaning of words or phrases occurring in the Statute or document. Very generally used […]
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Concealment Of Birth
The concealing or endeavoring to conceal the birth of a child is very commonly made a criminal offense. It is in England by statute a misdemeanor punishable by two years’ imprisonment with hard labor to conceal or endeavor to conceal the birth of a child by secret disposition of its […]