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Gay Marriage
Definition of Marriage, Registration Of See Registration of Marriage Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Marriage, Registration Of in the Dictionaries, Marriage, Registration Of in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the […]
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Knight
Knight in Europe Definition of Knight The lowest title of dignity. Originally a man-at-arms. It is not hereditary. Knights (in England) are of the following orders: Garter, Thistle, St. Patrick, Bath, St. Michael and St. George, Star of India, Indian Empire, Royal Victorian, British Empire […]
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Demurrer
Demurrer in Europe Definition of Demurrer A pleading by which one of the parties alleged that the preceding pleading of the other party showed no good cause of action or defence. Abolished (in England) by Order XXV, which substituted raising a point of law (r. 2), and applying to strike out […]
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Decree
Definition of Decree An order of a Court pronounced on the hearing of a suit. The term is included in judgment. (1) See also Decree in the law Dictionaries. History Decree (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere), in earlier form Decreet, an authoritative decision having […]
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Corporation
Definition of Corporation A succession or collection of persons having in the estimation of law an existence and rights and duties distinct from those of the individual persons who from time to time form it. It has perpetual succession, a name and a common seal. A corporation sole consists […]
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Adoption
Adoption in Europe Definition of Adoption There are 2 meanings: Adoption of a contract. The acceptance of it as binding, notwithstanding some defect which entitles the party to repudiate it. Adoption of a children. See Adoption in the legal Dictionaries. History In Ancient […]
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Administration
Definition of Administration involves three distinct duties collection of the assets of a deceased person, payment of the debts, and distribution of the surplus to the persons beneficially entitled. The estate is usually administered by the executor out of Court, but it may be administered in […]
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General Index
This page is the overall index to the European Encyclopedia of Law; any page can ideally be reached directly or indirectly from this page. Note that the index is still somewhat incomplete. Europe: Akrotiri and Dhekelia • Åland • Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Austria • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Belgium • Bosnia and…
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Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida in Europe Jacques Derrida was born to a Sephardic Jewish family near Algiers in 1930 (and died on October 9, 2004), in what was then French Algeria. After World War II, Dorrida moved to France, where in 1950 he failed the entrance examination at the Ecole normale supérieure. […]