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  • 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 […]

  • Eu Law

    EU law in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of EU law.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Policeman Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading EU law in A Dictionary of Law […]

  • Public Order

    Definition of Public Order An order from the court that the directs the state to take certain actions. Public Order/Public Policy in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of Public Order/Public Policy, produced by Tetley, […]

  • Public Order

    Definition of Public Order An order from the court that the directs the state to take certain actions. Public Order/Public Policy in Maritime Law Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.The following is a definition of Public Order/Public Policy, produced by Tetley, […]

  • 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. […]

  • Violence

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Violence Meaning of Violence Exertion of any physical force so as to injure or damage or abuse. See Landrv v Daley, (D.C.IU.) 280 F.Supp. 938. Violence Alternative […]

  • Legislative Branch

    Definition of Legislative Branch In relation to social issues, a meaning of legislative branch is provided here: passes laws to protect individual rights and promote the common good.

  • Legislative Branch

    Definition of Legislative Branch In relation to social issues, a meaning of legislative branch is provided here: passes laws to protect individual rights and promote the common good.

  • Domicile

    The permanent home of a person , or that place where a man has his true fixed and permanent home and principal establishment and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning. The relation which the law creates between an individual and a particular […]

  • Multilateral Agreement On Competition

    Multilateral agreement on competition in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, multilateral agreement on competition is: a proposal for future inter- governmental negotiations, but not yet on any negotiating agenda. Some see its prospective purpose as enabling cooperation between national […]

  • Ordinary

    Regular , usual , normal, common , often recurring, customary.

  • Innuendo

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Innuendo Meaning of Innuendo Doing acts by hinting, by insinuation, by intimation. In actions for libel , the term denotes tha part of a pleading which explains the word; spoken or written and annexes […]

  • Innuendo

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Innuendo Meaning of Innuendo Doing acts by hinting, by insinuation, by intimation. In actions for libel , the term denotes tha part of a pleading which explains the word; spoken or written and annexes […]

  • Habeas Corpus

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Habeas Corpus (You may find habeas corpus at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). writ requiring a person to be brought before a court, mid-15c., Latin, literally “(you should) have the person,” in phrase habeas […]

  • Strategic Business Alliances

    Strategic business alliances in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, strategic business alliances is: SBAs. Cooperative arrangements between firms requiring them to work towards common goals. Typically, partners to such alliances do not invest in the other partner. The entries on trade […]