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  • 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 […]

  • Cemetery

    Of Greek derivation, signifying a sleeping place , and was adopted by early Christians as the name for the place of burial for their dead. See Jenkins v Inhabitants of Andover, 103 Mass. 94. These places were always extra-mural. The custom of using the churchyard as plaÂces of sepulchre did […]

  • Arms Industry

    Arms Industry

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Arms Industry in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term arms industry into Spanish: industria de defensa (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus

  • War

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of War Meaning of War A state of armed conflict between two or more nations. That state in which a nation prosecutes its rights by force. See Prize Cases 2 Black 635, 17 L. Ed. 459. In the United States the […]

  • Public Policy

    The phrase is one of wide import covering all principles under which the freedom of contract or private dealings is restricted by law for the good of the community . The principle which declares that no one can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to public welfare. […]

  • Association

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Association Meaning of Association A union of persons for a common purpose, a confederacy . The persons so uniting. A body of persons not invested legally with corporate status . See Pacific Electric […]

  • Reservation

    Hello Legal Definition and Related Resources of Reservation Meaning of Reservation It is a clause in a deed, usually a lease , whereby the grantor or lessor reserves to himself a new right or thing out of that which he grants or leases. Thus […]

  • Politics

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Politics Meaning of Politics The science of government ; the art or practice of administering public affairs. Politics Alternative Definition The science […]

  • Civil Law

    Civil law in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of civil law. Civil Law in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a […]

  • Service

    Service

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Service Meaning of Service A term of varied and flexible meaning, depending upon the context. In feudal law, it was that duty which a tenant by reason of his estate owed his lord. In practise , the […]

  • Service

    Service

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Service Meaning of Service A term of varied and flexible meaning, depending upon the context. In feudal law, it was that duty which a tenant by reason of his estate owed his lord. In practise , the […]

  • Criminal Procedure

    The course or system of proceedings established by law, whereby persons accused of crime are apprehended, tried, and their punishment fixed. …

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Civil war Meaning of Civil war An internecine war in which the opposing forces both belong to the same country or nation, e. g. the Revolutionary War prior to the Declaration of Independence, or the late […]

  • Judicial Proceedings

    A procfeeding which takes place in or under the authority of a court of justice, or which relates in any way to the administration of justice, or which legally ascertains any right or liability. 197111.228. …

  • Devolution

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Devolution Meaning of Devolution transmission of an interest in property from one person to another by operation of law, particularly on the death of the former person. <div […]