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  • Delegated Legislation

    Delegated legislation in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of delegated legislation.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading […]

  • Government

    Government

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Government Meaning of Government The governing body of a community , a state , United States , territory, district , municipality , a commonwealth . See 11 U.S.C. §101(21). <div […]

  • Roman Law

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Roman Law Meaning of Roman Law All the laws which prevailed among the Romans and in particular the law of Justinian. See civil law . Roman Law Alternative […]

  • Classification

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Classification Meaning of Classification A grouping into classes, recognizable as such by certain common distinguishing features. Davison v Parke, Austin & Lipscomb, 19 N.Y.S.2d 117, 173 Misc. 782. […]

  • Police

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Police Meaning of Police That function of the government which relates to the detection and arrest of offenders, the preservation of the public peace , the enforcement of the laws. Also, the constabulary […]

  • Municipality

    See municipal corporation .

  • Fraud

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fraud Meaning of Fraud In widest sense, the term denotes an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. while it is impossible to find a definition of fraud to embrace all f.r.s. that it may adopt , for it […]

  • Crime

    English Spanish Translation of Crime DelitoFind other English to Spanish translations from the Pocket Spanish English Legal Dictionary (print and online), the English to Spanish to English dictionaries (like Crime) and the Word reference legal translator. Translate […]

  • Christianity

    Christianity in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims The system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ; the religion founded by Christ. Christianity is said to be part of the common law. “Christianity is parcel of […]

  • Christianity

    Christianity in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims The system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ; the religion founded by Christ. Christianity is said to be part of the common law. “Christianity is parcel of […]

  • Water

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Water Meaning of Water Water is generally viewed as part of the land upon which it is found. It is thus considered real property as opposed to personal property. The common law of England upon the subject […]

  • Monopoly

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Monopoly Meaning of Monopoly An exclusive right , granted to few, of something which was before of common right. Charles river Bridge v warren Bridge, 11 Pet. 420, 9 L.Ed. 773. In a large sense, the term […]

  • Gatt

    Gatt Gatt Resources Legal English Vocabulary: GATT in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term gatt into Spanish: GATT (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus GATT Resources See Also See […]

  • 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 […]

  • Securities

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Securities Meaning of Securities stocks , bonds, contracts or other evidence of secured indebtedness, wherein an investment is made for the purpose of realizing income or profit . U.C.C. distinguishes […]