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  • Court For Crown Cases Reserved

    Definition of Court For Crown Cases Reserved Created by the Crown Cases Act, 1848, for the decision of questions of law arising on the trial of a person convicted of crime, and reserved by the Judge or justices at the trial for the consideration of the Court. For this purpose, the Judge or […]

  • Jury

    Definition of Jury (Lat. jurare, to swear.) A body of sworn men summoned to decide questions of fact in a judicial proceeding. The jury in origin was a body of neighbours summoned by some public officer to give, upon oath, a true answer to some question (Maitland). The jury is the principal […]

  • International Law, Private

    Definition of International Law, Private The body of rules for determining questions of jurisdiction and questions as to the selection of the appropriate law, in civil cases which present themselves for decision before the Courts of a State or country but which involve a foreign element, i. […]

  • Guardian

    Definition of Guardian A person having the right and duty of protecting the person, property or rights of one who is without full legal capacity or otherwise incapable of managing his own affairs(1) Guardianship in chivalry was the right of the lord to hold the land of an infant tenant until […]

  • Guardian

    Definition of Guardian A person having the right and duty of protecting the person, property or rights of one who is without full legal capacity or otherwise incapable of managing his own affairs(1) Guardianship in chivalry was the right of the lord to hold the land of an infant tenant until […]

  • Ad Quaestionem Facti Non Respondent Judices; Ad Quaestionem Juris Non Respondent Juratores

    Definition of Ad Quaestionem Facti Non Respondent Judices; Ad Quaestionem Juris Non Respondent Juratores As regards cases tried by a Judge and jury, the Judge does not decide questions of fact and the jury do not decide questions of law Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

  • Regina v. Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others

    Regina v. Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others (Ex Parte Pinochet) in Europe England, House of Lords. Lord Browne-Wilkinson: My Lords, As is well known, this case concerns an attempt by the Government of Spain to extradite Senator Pinochet from this country […]

  • Constitutional Text: Austria 1920, Admended 2004

    AUSTRIA’S CONSTITUTION OF 1920 WITH AMENDMENTS THROUGH 2004 JANUARY 1ST, 2004 Chapter I General Provisions; European Union A. General Provisions Article 1. Austria is a democratic republic. Its law emanates from the people. Article 2. 1. Austria is a federal state. 2. The Federal State […]

  • Constitutional Text: Austria 1945, Amendments 1986,1987,1988,1990, 1992 and 1993

    Constitutional Text: Amendments of 1986,1987,1988,1990, 1992 and 1993 to the Austria Constitution of 1945 in Europe 1986 AMENDMENT TO AUSTRIA’S CONSTITUTION OF 1945 APRIL 24, 1986 212. Federal constitutional law of April 4, 1986, amending the federal constitutional law of 1929 (amendment to […]