Tag: AR

  • Articles Of The Peace

    Definition of Articles Of The Peace The complaint on oath of a person that he fears, with reasonable cause, that another person will do or cause to be done bodily harm to him or to his wife or child or burn his house ; and the Court, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds of…

  • Articles Of War

    Definition of Articles Of War The rules for the government of troops on active service issued under the prerogative of the Crown, prior to the Mutiny Act, 1803. See Military Law Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Articles Of War in the Dictionaries, […]

  • Articuli Super Chartas

    Definition of Articuli Super Chartas The statute 28 Edw. 1, confirming Magna Charta and the Charta de Foresta Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Articuli Super Chartas in the Dictionaries, Articuli Super Chartas in our legal dictionaries, Related […]

  • Artificial Person

    Definition of Artificial Person An association, e.g., a corporation or company, which is invested by law with personality Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Artificial Person in the Dictionaries, Artificial Person in our legal dictionaries, Related […]

  • Arrest

    Definition of Arrest To arrest a person is to deprive him of his liberty by some lawful authority, (a) Arrest on mesne process was to compel the defendant to appear in an action, (b) Arrest on final process was a mode of execution or enforcing judgment by means of the writ a capias ad sat…

  • Arrest Of Judgment

    Definition of Arrest Of Judgment In criminal cases the accused may at any time between conviction and sentence move that judgment be not pronounced because of some technical defect in the indictment Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Arrest Of […]

  • Articled Clerk

    Definition of Articled Clerk A clerk under articles of an agreement to serve a solicitor in consideration of being initiated into the profession Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Articled Clerk in the Dictionaries, Articled Clerk in our legal […]

  • Articles

    Definition of Articles Clauses of a document; hence the word articles sometimes means the document itself, e.g., articles of agreement, articles of partnership, etc Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Articles in the Dictionaries, Articles in our […]

  • Armistice

    Definition of Armistice A temporary but total suspension of hostilities by agreement between the Governments of the belligerents. A truce is a suspension of hostilities arranged by military commanders in the field Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription […]

  • Armory V. Delamirie

    Definition of Armory V. Delamirie ((1722), 1 Strange, 504). Bare possession is sufficient title against a wrongdoer. The plaintiff, a chimneysweeper’s boy, having found a locket set with precious stones, took it to the defendant’s shop, a goldsmith’s, to know what it was worth. The assistant […]