Search results for: “A common law for Europe”
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Common Frame of Reference for Common Principles of European Contract Law
The Joint Network on European Private Law. By the end of 2008 this network will deliver a proposal for the so-called Common Frame of Reference containing the Common Principles of European Contract Law (CoPECL). The idea was that the Network will deliver a proposal for the Common Frame of […]
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Unlawful Assembly
Definition of Unlawful Assembly The common law misdemeanour consisting of the assembly of three or more persons with Intent to commit by open force a crime, or in such a manner as to give just ground to apprehend a breach of the peace Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]
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Turbary, Common Of
Definition of Turbary, Common Of The right of digging peat for fuel upon another man’s ground Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Turbary, Common Of in the Dictionaries, Turbary, Common Of in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from […]
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Tenancy In Common
Definition of Tenancy In Common Where two or more persons are entitled to land in such a manner that they have an undivided possession but several freeholds : that is, no one of them is entitled to the exclusive possession of any part of the land, each being entitled to occupy the whole in […]
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Tenancy In Common
Definition of Tenancy In Common Where two or more persons are entitled to land in such a manner that they have an undivided possession but several freeholds : that is, no one of them is entitled to the exclusive possession of any part of the land, each being entitled to occupy the whole in […]
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Serjeants-at-Law
Definition of Serjeants-at-Law Barristers of superior degree of the Order of the Coif, to which they were called by writ under the Great Seal. They formed an Inn called Serjeants’ Inn, with buildings in Fleet Street and Chancery Lane. Formerly they were supposed to serve the Crown (hence their […]
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Pasture, Common Of
Definition of Pasture, Common Of The right of feeding beasts on the land of another. Common of pasture appendant is the right which every freehold tenant of a manor possesses to feed his cattle used in agriculture (i. e., horses, cattle and sheep) upon the lord’s waste, provided they are […]
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Law Of Nations
Definition of Law Of Nations International law or public international law. It is a literal translation of the Latin phrase jus gentium, which meant, however, those rules of law which are common to all civilised nations Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]
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Law Of Nature
Definition of Law Of Nature The jus naturale. The Roman conception of a hypothetical law of a bygone state of nature or golden age, and believed to exist in part in all then existing bodies of law ; to be ascertained by segregating the principles common to many or all of them, i. e., the…
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Law
Definition of Law A law is an obligatory rule of conduct. The term is applied to observed uniformities of action, as in the law of gravitation. But its proper use is in the sphere of jurisprudence.There are different views as to the nature of law. Hobbes defined law as The commands of him or […]