Tag: Etimology

  • Self-determination

    Self-determination

    Self-Determination Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Self-determination (You may find self-determination at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1680s, “determination of mind,” from self- + determination. Political sense is attested from 1911, […]

  • Abortion

    Abortion

    Abortion in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of abortion. Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Abortion (You may find abortion at the world legal encyclopedia and the […]

  • Trust

    Abuse of position of trust in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of abuse of position of trust. Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Trust (You may find trust at the world […]

  • Market

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Market Meaning of Market A public place of commercial activity where goods are bought and sold. A public time and appointed place of buying and selling; also purchase and sale. In the stock market, the […]

  • Interest

    Interest

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Interest Meaning of Interest In relation to being objectively concerned in something, by having a right or title to, a claim upon, or a share in. legal concern in a thing; especially right or title to […]

  • Sale

    Sale

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sale Meaning of Sale The transmutation or transfer of the property in a personal chattel from one person to another for a consideration paid or agreed to be paid. state v Mitchell, 156 N.C. 659, 72 S.E. […]

  • Eurydice

    Etimology of Eurydice (You may find Eurydice at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). wife of Orpheus in Greek mythology, from Latinized form of Greek Eurydike, literally “wide justice,” from eurys “wide” (see eury-) + dike “custom, usage; […]

  • Government

    Government

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Government Meaning of Government The governing body of a community , a state , United States , territory, district , municipality , a commonwealth . See 11 U.S.C. §101(21). <div […]

  • Apartheid

    Apartheid

    What does Apartheid mean in American Law? The definition of Apartheid in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: An Afrikaans (i.e., South African Dutch) word meaning “apartness,” denominating the South African […]

  • Broker

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Broker Meaning of Broker One who exercises the calling of negotiating between parties ; the business of buying or selling or any other lawful transactions. A person whose business it is to bring a buyer […]

  • Lawyer

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Lawyer Meaning of Lawyer An attorney who is licensed to practise law; one learned in law. As to general standards of professional conduct expected of lawyers in their dealings with the public see Code of […]

  • Statistics

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Statistics Meaning of Statistics The science of collecting and arranging facts illustrative of any condition , resources , class or section of the people or the population as a whole. Numerical values […]

  • Deforestation

    Deforestation

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Deforestation (You may find deforestation at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). 1884, from deforest + -ation. Earlier was deforesting (1530s) which was a legal term for the change in definition of a parcel of land from […]

  • Merger

    Merger

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Merger Meaning of Merger In relation to corporations, the term denotes the amalgamation of two corporations to form a new one. The absorption of one corporation by another, which retains its name and […]