Search results for: “domestic court”

  • Renvoi

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Renvoi Meaning of Renvoi In private international law or conflict of laws, the term is applied to denote the doctrine whereby a court is referred in a particular matter to the rules of a foreign country, […]

  • Attachment

    Attachment

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Attachment Meaning of Attachment The seizure or taking of property for the purpose of placing same under the control of the court and held to satisfy a judgment to be obtained. Russell v Fred G. Pohl Co., […]

  • FIRA Panel

    FIRA panel in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, fira panel is: formed in 1982 in the GATT to consider a complaint by the United States concerning the Canadian Foreign Investment Review Act (FIRA) of 1973. The entries on trade policy in the Encyclopedia are here. Under this Act foreign […]

  • Administrative Tribunal

    Administrative Tribunal

    The administrative agency equivalent of a court, usually implying the equivalent of trial court. Some agencies have permanent tribunals, while others employ administrative law judges supplied as needed from a pool serving more than one agency….

  • Administrative Tribunal

    Administrative Tribunal

    The administrative agency equivalent of a court, usually implying the equivalent of trial court. Some agencies have permanent tribunals, while others employ administrative law judges supplied as needed from a pool serving more than one agency….

  • Action

    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 […]

  • Intra

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Intra Meaning of Intra In Latin phrases. A preposition, meaning in; near; within. Infra or inter has taken the place of intra in many of the more modem Latin phrases. Browse You might be […]

  • 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….

  • Antitrust Laws

    Antitrust Laws

    See also Legislation that forbids monopolistic trade practices and prohibits conspiracies and trusts that… (Read more)…

  • Sergeant

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sergeant Meaning of Sergeant A judicial officer of the City of London, England. Also, an officer in the Armed Forces of the United States . Related Entries of […]

  • Constructive Trust

    A constructive trust is raised by a Court of Equity wherever a person, clothed with a fiduciary character, gains some personal advantage by availing himself of a situation as trustee. It is not a trust created by the intentional act of the settler of the trust but one that is raised by […]

  • Police Power

    A term used in constitutional law, having a flexible and very wide meaning. The courts have recognized that the term is incapable of any precise or limited definition because of its great dimensions and because it is constantly in the process of evolution and development . See Wessell v […]

  • Amenable

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Amenable Meaning of Amenable Responsible; subject to answer in a court of justice; liable to punishment. Translate Amenable from English to Spanish Translation of Amenable, with examples. More about free […]

  • Error of Law

    English Legal System: Error of Law On The Face of The RecordIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Error of Law On The Face of The Record : A mistake of law that is made by an inferior court or tribunal in reaching a decision…

  • Battered Spouse

    Battered spouse in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of battered spouse.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Officer Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading battered […]