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  • Publication

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Publication Meaning of Publication The act by which a thing is made public. Printing without circulation is not publication (5 Fed. 729), and circulation in manuscript is publication (3 Fed. 486). See, […]

  • Interference

    The state of things which exists when a person applies for a patent which, if granted, would cover any of the patentable ground occupied by any existing patent, or by any patent for which an application is then pending. An investigation is ordered by the commissioner of patents, for the […]

  • Marine Insurance

    Marine Insurance

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Marine Insurance Meaning of Marine Insurance An insurance against marine losses, that is, the losses incident to marine adventure. An insurance against risks connected with navigation to which a ship, […]

  • Operation of the Institutions

    Hierarchical Display of Operation of the Institutions European Union > EU institutions and European civil serviceEuropean Union > European Union law > EU law > Drafting of EU lawPolitics > Politics and public safety > Institutional activity Meaning of Operation of the Institutions […]

  • Contract

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contract Meaning of Contract A deliberate engagement between competent parties upon a legal consideration to do or abstain from doing some act. It is essential to the creation of a contract that the […]

  • Redemption

    Redemption

    The process of cancelling and annulling a defeasible title , such as is created by a mortgage or tax sale, by paying debt or fulfilling the condition . The process of redeeming: See equity of redemption .

  • Settlement Of Disputes

    Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, understanding on rules and procedures governing the settlement of disputes is: one of the Uruguay Round outcomes. The entries on trade policy are here. Its underlying theme is […]

  • 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 […]

  • Disclosure of Information

    Disclosure of Information Disclosure of information in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of disclosure of information. Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Disclosure of Information […]

  • Civil Procedure

    Rules of law governing methods, procedures and practices of civil litigation. See Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in Appendix 2.

  • Evidence

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Evidence (You may find evidence at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). c. 1300, “appearance from which inferences may be drawn,” from Old French evidence, from Late Latin evidentia “proof,” in classical […]

  • 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. […]

  • Canon Law

    Canon Law

    A body of ecclesiastical law, which originated in the church of Rome, relating to matters of which that church has or claims jurisdiction. A canon is a rule of doctrine or of discipline, and is the term generally applied to designate the ordinances of councils and decrees of popes. The […]

  • Canon Law

    Canon Law

    A body of ecclesiastical law, which originated in the church of Rome, relating to matters of which that church has or claims jurisdiction. A canon is a rule of doctrine or of discipline, and is the term generally applied to designate the ordinances of councils and decrees of popes. The […]

  • Bankruptcy

    What does Bankruptcy mean in American Law? The definition of Bankruptcy in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: A legal proceeding, regulated in the U.S. by the federal Bankruptcy Act, in which an insolvent debtor, by […]