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  • Jurisdiction

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Jurisdiction Meaning of Jurisdiction The extent of legal authority and power . A term of large and comprehensive import , it generally denotes the lawful authority of a body to exercise power. The term […]

  • Jurisdiction Ratione Materiae

    Hierarchical Display of Jurisdiction ratione materiae Law > Organisation of the legal system > Legal system > Jurisdiction Meaning of Jurisdiction ratione materiae Overview and more information about Jurisdiction ratione materiae For a more comprehensive understanding of Jurisdiction […]

  • Judicial Review

    Judicial Review

    Generally, the phrase denotes the power of Superior Courts to review the decisions and proceedings of inferior courts. However, the phrase has now specifically come to denote that jurisdiction of the superior courts whereby it issues the prerogative writs of Mandamus, Prohibition, Certiorari […]

  • Judicial Reform

    Hierarchical Display of Judicial reform Law > Organisation of the legal system > Legal systemPolitics > Politics and public safety > Institutional activity > Institutional reform Meaning of Judicial reform Overview and more information about Judicial reform For a more comprehensive […]

  • Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters in the EU

    Hierarchical Display of Judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU European Union > European construction > European Union > Area of freedom, security and justiceLaw > Justice > Legal action > Criminal proceedingsEuropean Union > European Union law > Intergovernmental legal […]

  • Judicial Inquiry

    Hierarchical Display of Judicial inquiry Law > Justice > Judicial proceedings > Criminal procedure Meaning of Judicial inquiry Overview and more information about Judicial inquiry For a more comprehensive understanding of Judicial inquiry, see in the general part of the online […]

  • Juvenile Court

    A court having special jurisdiction of a paternal nature over delinquent and neglected children. The jurisdiction of such a court is purely statutory. Such a court is not strictly a criminal court in the usual sense since its purpose is not that of punishment of the juvenile but the […]

  • Juvenile Delinquency

    Translate Juvenile Delinquency from English to Spanish Translation of Juvenile Delinquency, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Delincuencia juvenil and other legal terms is available here. Delincuencia juvenil Delincuencia de menores Legal English Translation […]

  • Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters in the EU

    Hierarchical Display of Judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU European Union > European construction > EU relations > European Union > Area of freedom, security and justiceEuropean Union > European construction > EU relations > Deepening of the European Union > EU activity > EU […]

  • Judicial Separation

    A separation of spouses sanctioned by the court after one of them has moved the court by petition claiming the relief. Less than a divorce for the marital status of the spouses is not changed. A divorce a mensa et thoro suspending marriage relations and modifying marital duties and obligations […]

  • Judicial Power

    A power of a court to hear, decide and pronounce a judgment upon controversies presented to it and implies the construction of law and the adjudication of legal rights . To be distinguished from legislative power which is the power to enact laws or to declare what the law shall […]

  • Judicial Cooperation

    Hierarchical Display of Judicial cooperation International Relations > Cooperation policy > Cooperation policyPolitics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Political violence > TerrorismLaw > Justice > Judicial proceedings > Criminal procedure > Witness protectionEuropean […]

  • Judicial Proceedings

    A procfeeding which takes place in or under the authority of a court of justice, or which relates in any way to the administration of justice, or which legally ascertains any right or liability. 197111.228. …

  • 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 […]

  • Judicial Investigation

    Hierarchical Display of Judicial investigation Law > Justice > Judicial proceedings > Criminal procedure Meaning of Judicial investigation Overview and more information about Judicial investigation For a more comprehensive understanding of Judicial investigation, see in the general part of […]