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  • Surety

    Definition of Surety A person who binds himself usually by deed to satisfy the obligation of another person, if the latter fails to do so: a guarantor. If a surety satisfies the obligation for which he has made himself liable, he is entitled to recover the amount from the principal debtor. […]

  • Railway

    Definition of Railway And Canal Commission A Court established by the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888. It consists of two non-judicial commissioners, and three cr officio commissioners, consisting of an English, Scotch and Irish Judge acting in their respective countries. The Commission […]

  • Railway

    Definition of Railway And Canal Commission A Court established by the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888. It consists of two non-judicial commissioners, and three cr officio commissioners, consisting of an English, Scotch and Irish Judge acting in their respective countries. The Commission […]

  • 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 […]

  • Birkmyr v. Darnell

    Definition of Birkmyr V. Darnell ((1704), 1 Salkeld, 27). The defendant promised the plaintiff that in consideration of the plaintiff lending a horse to one, English, he, the defendant, would undertake that English would re-deliver the horse. It was held this was a guarantee within the […]

  • Wikipedia in the Courtroom

    Wikipedia in the Courtroom in Europe Is Wikipedia a reference in the courtroom? Most judges probably would never cite to a Wikipedia article in a court document, and they would not even reference Wikipedia to a Lawyer who provided them with a research assignment at work. But some judges may […]

  • Lexis´ Case Search

    Lexis´ Case Search in Europe UK and European Digest CaseSearch is an online case citator. It allows you to track the history of a case, finding out how the decision has been applied in subsequent cases. It is updated daily and provides procedural history, annotations, keywords and summaries. […]

  • List of Arbitration, Training and Education Law e-Journals

    List of Arbitration, Training and Education Law e-Journals in Europe Journal titles and ISSN: The Adelaide law review 0065-1915 Administrative law journal 0826-8754 Administrative law review   0001-8368 Advances in industrial and labor relations 0742-6186 Advancing the Consumer Interest : […]

  • List of Legal Encyclopedias

    List of Legal Encyclopedias in Europe United States Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia Corpus Juris Secundum (C.J.S.) American Jurisprudence: Am. Jur. Federal Procedure, Lawyer´s Edition Oxford Companion to American Law Encyclopedia of American Law Encyclopedia of Crime […]

  • List of Legal Dictionaries

    List of Legal Dictionaries in Europe Black’s Law Dictionary, by Henry Campbell Black Ÿ Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia (8th ed., 3rd rev.) by John Bouvier (1914) Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals (1994) Ÿ Quote It II: A Dictionary of […]