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  • Forum

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forum Meaning of Forum The place in which a remedy at law can be sought. Forum Alternative Definition At Common Law. A place; a place of jurisdiction ; […]

  • Neutrality

    Neutrality

    The status of a nation which takes no part between two or more belligerents.

  • Constitution

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Constitution Meaning of Constitution The established form of government in a state , kingdom or country; a system of fundamental rule, principles and ordinances for the government of a state or nation , […]

  • Case Law

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Case Law Meaning of Case Law Law which is found in reported cases as distinguished from the law found in statutes. Sometimes used synonymously with common law . […]

  • Judge

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Judge (You may find judge at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). mid-14c., “public officer appointed to administer the law” (early 13c. as a surname), also judge-man; from Old French juge, from Latin iudex […]

  • Justice

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Justice Meaning of Justice The constant and perpetual disposition to render every man his due. Inst. bk. 1, tit. 1; 2 Inst. 56. The conformJUSTICE ity of our actions and our will to the law. TouUier, Dr. […]

  • Double Jeopardy

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Double Jeopardy Meaning of Double Jeopardy A rule of law that a person shall not be convicted of the same offense more than once. where there has been a final verdict either of acquittal or conviction on […]

  • Oath

    A pledge or promise by which a person swears that a statement made or about to be made is true.

  • Audencia

    Concept of “Audencia” Traditional meaning of audencia in the Spanish law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Spanish) A Supreme Court. Resources Notes and References Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, […]

  • Attorney General

    Attorney General

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Attorney-general (You may find attorney-general at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). first ministerial law-officer of a state, 1530s (late 13c. in Anglo-French); see attorney + general (adj.). The word-order is French […]

  • Curtilage

    The courtyard, garden or enclosed space of ground in buildings immediately surrounding a dwelling house . Originally, the term referred to land and outbuildings immediately adjacent to a castle that were in turn surrounded by a high stone wall; today, its meaning has been extended to […]

  • Allen charge

    A kind of charge (approved by the Supreme Court in Allen v. U.S., 164 U.S. 492 (1896)) delivered to a jury theretofore unable to reach a verdict of guilt or innocence in a criminal case because one or a few jurors were holding out. It is designed to break the impasse and prevent a hung…

  • Allen charge

    A kind of charge (approved by the Supreme Court in Allen v. U.S., 164 U.S. 492 (1896)) delivered to a jury theretofore unable to reach a verdict of guilt or innocence in a criminal case because one or a few jurors were holding out. It is designed to break the impasse and prevent a hung…

  • 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 […]