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Justification
Definition of Justification (1) The plea in defence of an action which admits the allegations of the plaintiff but pleads that they were justifiable or lawful. For example, in libel a plea of justification admits the publication of the defamatory words, but pleads that they are true in […]
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Justiciar
Definition of Justiciar The chief political and legal officer of the Norman and Plantagenet kings. He was ex officio regent when the King went overseas, and presided over the Curia Regis (q.v.). The office ceased to exist during the reign of Henry III Browse You might be interested in these […]
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High Court Of Justice
Definition of High Court Of Justice See Supreme Court of Judicature Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription High Court Of Justice in the Dictionaries, High Court Of Justice in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]
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Fiat Justitia
Definition of Fiat Justitia Let justice be done. The endorsement of the Home Secretary on a petition of right, without which it cannot be proceeded with. (Petition of Right Act, 1860, s. 2.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Fiat Justitia in the […]
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Ex Debito Justitiae
Definition of Ex Debito Justitiae A remedy which the applicant gets as of right, e.g., a writ of Habeas Corpus Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Ex Debito Justitiae in the Dictionaries, Ex Debito Justitiae in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, […]
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Chief Justice Of The Common Pleas
Definition of Chief Justice Of The Common Pleas The Judge who presided, before the Judicature Act, 1875, in the Court of Common Pleas, and subsequently in the Common Pleas Division Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Chief Justice Of The Common Pleas […]
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Causa Justa
Definition of Causa Justa A true or just cause, means, motive, or ground ; a legal title ; a fact in conclusive proof. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Causa Justa in the Dictionaries, Causa Justa in our legal dictionaries, Related […]
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Adjustment
Definition of Adjustment The operation of settling and ascertaining the amount which the assured, after allowancps and deductions are made, is entitled to receive under a policy of marine insurance and of fixing the proportion which each underwriter is liable to pay. See Average Browse You […]
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Inquisition
Inquisition in Europe The Inquisition was a tribunal or system of tribunals instituted by the Roman Catholic Church for the discovery, examination and conviction of heretics and their punishment by the secular arm. Under the successors of Constantine in the Roman Empire the repression of […]
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Writ Of Right
Definition of Writ Of Right (1) One which is grantable as a matter of right, as opposed to a prerogative writ. See Writ(2) A real action which lay to recover lands in fee-simple, unjustly withheld from the rightful owner. It might be brought in any case of disseisin. There were also writs in […]