Search results for: “enact”
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Responsa Prudentum
(Lat.) In Roman law. Opinions given by Roman lawyers. Before the time of Augustus, every lawyer was authorized, de jure, to answer questions put to him; and all such answers, responsa prudentum, had equal authority, which had not the force of law, but the opinion of a lawyer. Augustus was […]
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Measure
That by which extent or dimension is ascertained, either length, breadth, thickness, capacity or amount .
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Measure
That by which extent or dimension is ascertained, either length, breadth, thickness, capacity or amount .
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Act of indemnity
An Act passed to legalise transactions which, when they took place, were illegal, or to exempt particular persons from pecuniary penalties or punishments for acts done in the public service which were breaches of the law ; e.g.j the Indemnity Act, 1920…
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Act of indemnity
An Act passed to legalise transactions which, when they took place, were illegal, or to exempt particular persons from pecuniary penalties or punishments for acts done in the public service which were breaches of the law ; e.g.j the Indemnity Act, 1920…
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Advice and Consent
Article II, ÃÂÃÂÃÂç 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 […]
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Advice and Consent
Article II, ÃÂÃÂÃÂç 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 […]
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Contributory Negligence
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contributory Negligence Meaning of Contributory Negligence negligence by an injured plaintiff which contributes with some other negligence to cause the injury complained of. An act or omission on the […]
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Bargain And Sale
See Richarsan v Levi, 3 S. W. 444, 67 Tex. 359
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Court Of Convocation
In English ecclesiastical law. A convocation or ecclesiastical synod, which is in the nature of an ecclesiastical parliament. There is one for each province. They are composed, respectively, of the archbishop. all the bishops, deans, and archdeacons of their province, with one proctor, or […]
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City
A municipal corporation of statutory creation having only such limited powers of legislative enactments as are conferred on it by law of its creation. Aberdeen-Franklin Coal Co. v City of Chicago, 145 N.E. 613, 315 111. 99.
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Construction
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Construction Meaning of Construction (Lat. construere, to put together). In practice. Determining the meaning and application as to the case in question of the provisions of a constitution, statute, will, […]
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Jura
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jura Meaning of Jura (Lat. pi. of jus, q. v.) Rights; laws. 1 Bl. Comm. 123. Freedoms or abilities. Bac. Works, iii. 265. Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]
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Ex Post Facto
(Lat. after the act). An estate granted may be made good or avoided by matter ex post facto, when an election is given to the party to accept or not to accept. 1 Coke, 146. …
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Act of Uniformity
The statute of 13 & 14 Car. II. c. 4, enacting that the book of common prayer, as then recently revised, should be used in every parish church and other place of public worship, and otherwise ordaining a uniformity in religious services, etc. 3 Steph. Comm. 104. …