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Statute Law Revision Acts
Definition of Statute Law Revision Acts Since 1861 have been passed every few years to remove from the statute book Acts or parts of Acts which have become wholly obsolete. The legal effect of anything repealed by the Acts remains notwithstanding the repeal Browse You might be interested in […]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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Rhodes, Laws Of
Definition of Rhodes, Laws Of A code of sea laws compiled at a very early date in the island of Rhodes and declared by the Roman emperors to be binding on the world at large Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Rhodes, Laws Of in the Dictionaries, […]
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Positive Law
Definition of Positive Law That part of law which consists of rules imposed by a sovereign on his subjects : law proper as opposed to moral law, and so on (Austin). See Law Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Positive Law in the Dictionaries, Positive […]
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Poor Law Union
Definition of Poor Law Union Any parish or union of parishes for which there is a separate board of guardians (q.v.). (Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 16.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Poor Law Union in the Dictionaries, Poor Law Union in our […]
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Outlaw
Definition of Outlaw A person who is put out of the protection of the law by judgment of outlawry Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Outlaw in the Dictionaries, Outlaw in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]
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Outlawry
Definition of Outlawry Where an indictment has been found against a person and summary process proves ineffectual to compel him to appear, process of outlawry may be issued, though in practice this is never done. See Process Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]
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Oleron, Laws Of
Definition of Oleron, Laws Of A collection of customs of the sea compiled in the twelfth century at Oleron, an island off the west coast of France Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Oleron, Laws Of in the Dictionaries, Oleron, Laws Of in our legal […]
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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…