Search results for: “Criminal law and procedure”
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Standing Orders
Definition of Standing Orders Rules and forms regulating the procedure of each House of Parliament.Stannaries Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Standing Orders in the Dictionaries, Standing Orders in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse […]
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R. V. Chandra Dharma
Definition of R. V. Chandra Dharma ([1905] 2 K. B. 335). Held, that although a statute does not as a rule operate retrospectively, yet one which merely alters rules of procedure does apply to crimes committed, and causes of action existent, before the statute was passed Browse You might be […]
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Procedure
Definition of Procedure The formal steps to be taken m an action or other judicial proceeding, civil or criminal. The code of civil procedure is contained in the Rules and Orders of the Supreme Court. (See the Annual Practice.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]
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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 […]
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Common Law
Definition of Common Law That part of the law of England formulated, developed and administered by the old Common Law Courts, based on the common custom of the country, and originally unwritten. It is opposed to equity, the body of rules administered by the Court of Chancery ; to statute law, […]
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Adjective Law
Definition of Adjective Law So much of the law as relates to practice and procedure. (Bentham.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Adjective Law in the Dictionaries, Adjective Law in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the […]
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Law Classification, Historical
Law Classification, Historical in Europe A nation’s law, as it exists at any date in the nation’s history, whether expressed by a written constitution, by statutes, by case law, by customs, or, as is now usually the case in civilized countries, by all of these in combination, may be […]
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List of Criminal Law Online Journals
List of Criminal Law Online Journals in Europe American criminal law quarterly 0002-8118 The American criminal law review 0164-0364 American Journal of Criminal Law 0092-2315 Annotations of the New York State General Laws and Constitution as Revised by the Statutory Revision Commission and […]
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List of Tax Acronyms and Abbreviations
List of Tax Acronyms and Abbreviations in Europe List of Tax Acronyms and Abbreviations in the United States cq Notice of Acquiescence Notice as to whether the IRS will follow a court holding, derived from Actions on Decisions. Published in the Cumulative Bulletin. AOD Actions on Decisions […]