Search results for: “native law”
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Ecclesiastical Law
The law of the church . In England, the lay or secular courts were separated from the ecclesiastical courts after the Conquest and the latter were invested with the sole jurisdiction over ecclesiastical causes, which included the subject of marriage and divorce . In modern times, […]
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Ecclesiastical Law
The law of the church . In England, the lay or secular courts were separated from the ecclesiastical courts after the Conquest and the latter were invested with the sole jurisdiction over ecclesiastical causes, which included the subject of marriage and divorce . In modern times, […]
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Alternative obligation
See alternative contract….
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Alternative relief
In modem pleading (see, e.g., Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)), a party may pray for relief in the alternative, e.g., for an injunction against, or damages because of, activities of the defendant….
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Brother-In-Law
The county W. Vaã 233 S.E.2d 703.
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Unlawful Assembly
At common law, a meeting of three or more persons with a common plan in mind which, if carried out, will result in a riot. See Commonwealth v Duitch, 165 Pa. Super 187, 67 A.2d 821.
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Unlawful Assembly
At common law, a meeting of three or more persons with a common plan in mind which, if carried out, will result in a riot. See Commonwealth v Duitch, 165 Pa. Super 187, 67 A.2d 821.
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Alternative Expression
Meaning of Alternative Expression In this law dictionary, the legal term alternative expression is a kind of the Patents class. Resources See Also Patents Patents
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Alternative Writ
A writ commanding the person against whom it is issued to do a specified thing, or show cause to the court why he should not be compelled to do it. …
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Falcidian Law
Law promulgated in 714 A. D. in Rome which governed disposition of property of testator with family . The law provided that testator with family could not exercise testamentary disposition of more than t.r.e. fourths of his estate . See U.S. v Perkins, 163 U.S. 625, 41 L.Ed. 287, […]
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Unlawful
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Unlawful Meaning of Unlawful In its widest sense, it means that which is contrary to law, that which is illegal and also that which violates some legal right. No action can be founded upon any transaction […]
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Alternative Vote
Alternative Vote (AV) in Voting Law Definition of Alternative Vote (av) in the context of the United States election law: A candidate-centred, preferential, plurality/majority system used in single member districts in which voters use numbers to mark their preferences on the ballot paper. A […]
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Lawful
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Lawful Meaning of Lawful That which is warranted or authorized by law; not contrary or forbidden by law. Although there is a similarity between the words lawful and legal the principal distinction between […]
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By-laws
Regulations, ordinances, rules or laws adopted by an municipality .