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  • Set Aside

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Set aside Meaning of Set aside To annul; to make void; as, to set aside an award. When proceedings are irregular, they may be set aside on motion of the party whom they injuriously affect. Translate […]

  • Maritime Law

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Maritime Law Meaning of Maritime Law The system of law which particularly relates to commerce and navigation , to harbors, ships and seamen, to business transacted at sea or relating to navigation, to the […]

  • World

    This term sometimes denotes all persons whatsoever who may have, claim, or acquire an interest in the subject matter; as in saying that a judgment m rem binds all the world. …

  • Littoral

    Belonging to shore , as of seas an: great lakes. Wernberg v state of Alas- . 516 P.2d 1191.

  • Language

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Language Meaning of Language The medium for the communication of perceptions and ideas. Spoken language is that wherein articulate sounds are used. Written language is that wherein written characters are […]

  • Marriage

    Legal Definition of Marianismo Meaning of Marianismo The Spanish and Latin American ideal of women being modest, restrained, virtuous, and nurturing. Women are expected to be sexually abstinent before marriage and passive in response to their […]

  • Assessment

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Assessment Meaning of Assessment The act or process of fixing or ascertaining the value , measure or proportion or interest of any thing or person . In relation to corporations, the term may refer to […]

  • Resolution

    Resolution

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Resolution Meaning of Resolution A solemn judgment or decision of a court . A formal statement of the opinion or intention of an official body or corporation . See Wiley v Woods, 141 A.2d 844, 393 Pa. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Casual Employment

    Occasional, irregular or incidental employment in contradistinction from stated or regular. 277. III. 142. …

  • 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, […]

  • Corruption

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Corruption Meaning of Corruption An act done with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others. It includes bribery, but is more comprehensive, because an act […]

  • Lake

    Fresh-water lakes are bodies of standing water distinguishable from rivers chiefly by the fact that they have no current. The fact that there is a current from a higher to a lower level does not make that a river which would otherwise be a lake, nor does a lake lose its distinctive […]

  • Ratio

    An account , a rule of proportion , also, a cause , or giving judgment therein. Reason. Ground of a decision .