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Constable
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Constable Meaning of Constable An officer employed by a government , municipal or county , whose duty it is to serve process for courts of justices of the peace . […]
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Inquest
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Inquest Meaning of Inquest In broadest sense any judicial inquiry implying an examination or trial of an issue of fact. In restrictive meaning, indicates a body of men appointed by law to inquire […]
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Land
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Land Meaning of Land In broad and general sense, means every species of ground, soil or earth, and includes houses and other buildings attached to it by human agency or by nature such as trees, herbage and […]
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Credit
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Credit Meaning of Credit belief in a person ‘s trustworthiness. Credibility. The time allowed to the purchaser of goods or services for payment for the same. A sum placed at a person’s disposal in the […]
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Equitable
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Equitable Meaning of Equitable (1) That which is fair; (2) that which arises from a liberal construction or application of a legal rule or remedy ; (3) that which is in accordance with, or regulated, […]
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Positivism
Positivism in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of positivism.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading positivism in A Dictionary of […]
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Right
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Right Meaning of Right In its legal sense, the term denotes the liberty or privilege conferred or protected by law of doing or abstaining from doing an act or the power or privilege enforced by law of […]
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Fiction
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fiction Meaning of Fiction An assumption or supposition of law that something which may be false is true and will not allow the same to be disproved. common law abounds in fiction, particularly in the […]
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Illegitimacy
ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Adoption; Fertility Control; Population; Population Policies. Children’s Rights; Fertility Rates; Inheritance and Property; Law, Children and the. Child Custod…
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Common Land
A more extended term for what Is sometimes more shortly called simply common; land, i. e. in which there is right of common (see Common), land which there is right to use in common, for pasturing, etc. The term is also used rather pop’ularly and loosely than legally to mean land owned […]
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Use
To put into practice; employ habitually as in to use diligence. To occupy and enjoy the fruits of, as in using lands and tenements. To employ for the accomplishment of a purpose. To utilise for a particular purpose as in using a certain name in one’s business. The term also means benefit as […]
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Vigilantism
ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Dictionaries.Crime Causation: Political Theories; Justification: Law Enforcement; Justification: Necessity; Justification: Self-Defense; Victims; Violence.Further ReadingBrown, Rich…