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  • Advice and Consent

    Advice and Consent

    Article II, § 2 of the Constitution gives the President the power to make Treaties and to appoint ambassadors, judges and other government officers by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate. The consent, which is obviously the operative part of […]

  • Advice and Consent

    Advice and Consent

    Article II, § 2 of the Constitution gives the President the power to make Treaties and to appoint ambassadors, judges and other government officers by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate. The consent, which is obviously the operative part of […]

  • Appellate Jurisdiction

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

  • Diversity Jurisdiction

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Diversity Jurisdiction Meaning of Diversity Jurisdiction The jurisdiction of a federal court arising from diversity of citizenship of the parties . See Diversity of citizenship . <div […]

  • Diversity Jurisdiction

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Diversity Jurisdiction Meaning of Diversity Jurisdiction The jurisdiction of a federal court arising from diversity of citizenship of the parties . See Diversity of citizenship . <div […]

  • Affirmative Action

    Affirmative Action

    Hello Affirmative action What does Affirmative action mean in American Law? The definition of Affirmative action in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: Though the term has had some currency in other legal contexts (e.g., in […]

  • Affirmative Action

    Affirmative Action

    Hello Affirmative action What does Affirmative action mean in American Law? The definition of Affirmative action in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: Though the term has had some currency in other legal contexts (e.g., in […]

  • Search and Seizure

    Search And Seizure Translate Search and Seizure from English to Spanish Translation of Search and Seizure, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Registro e incautación and other legal terms is available here. Registro e incautación Legal English […]

  • Search and Seizure

    Search And Seizure Translate Search and Seizure from English to Spanish Translation of Search and Seizure, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Registro e incautación and other legal terms is available here. Registro e incautación Legal English […]

  • Precedent

    A judgment or decision of a court of law considered as an authority for deciding a similar state of facts in the same manner or on the same principles, or by analogy. Under the doctrine of stare decisis, decided cases which lay down a rule of law are authoritative and must be followed. In […]

  • Precedent

    A judgment or decision of a court of law considered as an authority for deciding a similar state of facts in the same manner or on the same principles, or by analogy. Under the doctrine of stare decisis, decided cases which lay down a rule of law are authoritative and must be followed. In […]

  • In Forma Pauperis

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of In forma pauperis Meaning of In forma pauperis (Lat.) In the character or form of a poor man. When a person is so poor that he cannot bear the charges of suing at law or in equity, upon making oath that […]

  • In Forma Pauperis

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of In forma pauperis Meaning of In forma pauperis (Lat.) In the character or form of a poor man. When a person is so poor that he cannot bear the charges of suing at law or in equity, upon making oath that […]

  • Concurring Opinion

    A separate opinion filed by a judge of a multimember court indicating agreement with the decision of a case but setting forth alternative or additional reasons for reaching the result….

  • Venue

    Venue

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Venue Meaning of Venue The county, the city or the town where an action or presecution is brought for trial. Originally, the term indicated only the locality of the crime, that is, where the crime took […]