The Six

The Six in Europe Description of The Six The Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union describes the six in the following terms: [1] Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and West Germany – the six original signatories of the 1951 Treaty of Paris and the 1957 Treaty of Rome, […]

Lithuania

Lithuania in Europe Description of Lithuania The Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union describes lithuania in the following terms: [1] Long a buffer state between Germans and Asiatics, Lithuania was under Russian domination from the late 18th century, was annexed by the Soviet Union […]

The UK and Europe

The UK and Europe in Europe Description of The UK and Europe The Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union describes the uk and europe in the following terms: [1] From the outset, the UK's attitude to the emerging institutions of the European Community has been ambivalent. Winston […]

The Seven

The Seven in Europe Description of The Seven The Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union describes the seven in the following terms: [1] Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK – the seven original members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The […]

Warsaw Pact

Warsaw Pact in Europe Description of Warsaw Pact The Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union describes warsaw pact in the following terms: [1] The mutual defence treaty, lasting from 1955 to 1991, which gave the Soviet Union the pretext to station troops throughout the Iron Curtain […]

Theft, Robbery and Other Crimes of Stealing

Theft, Robbery and Other Crimes of Stealing in Europe Theft, Robbery and Other Crimes of Stealing in Sweden Theft, Robbery and Other Crimes of Stealing in the Swedish Penal Code The Swedish Criminal Code was adopted in 1962 and entered into force on 1 January 1965. It contains provisions on […]

Threats

Threats in Europe Using Threats or Force to Cause a Person to Do, Suffer or Omit an Act in Germany Provisions relating to using threats or force to cause a person to do, suffer or omit an act in the German Criminal Code [1]: This criminal issue is covered by Chapter Eighteen, under the […]

The Common Market

The Common Market in Europe Description of The Common Market The Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union describes the common market in the following terms: [1] For many years the generally used term for the European Economic Community, later re-named the European Community. The term […]

The Netherlands

The Netherlands in Europe Description of The Netherlands The Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union describes the netherlands in the following terms: [1] The EU's sixth largest state and a founder member of Benelux, NATO, the ECSC and the EEC, The Netherlands is mildly federalist […]

Third Way

Third Way in Europe Description of Third way The Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union describes third way in the following terms: [1] A phrase perhaps coined by the National Front in the 1930s, the 'third way' used to mean an alternative to capitalism and communism. It has […]

The Snake

The Snake in Europe Description of The Snake The Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union describes the snake in the following terms: [1] In its first effort at creating a zone of currency stability, the EC attempted in 1971 to fix European parities closer to each other than to the […]

Thomson V. Davenport

Definition of Thomson V. Davenport ((1829), 9 B. & C. 78). Davenport sold goods to M who told him he was buying on account of another person, but did not mention the principal’s name, and Davenport did not inquire for it, but debited M. M failed and Davenport sued Thomson, the principal, for […]

Thorne V. Heard

Definition of Thorne V. Heard ([1895] A. C. 495). Where fraud is relied upon as taking the case out of the Statutes of Limitation it must be fraud of, or in some way ira put able to, the person invoking the aid of the statute.H was first mortgagee of property and T second mortgagee. H sold […]

Thellusson Act

Definition of Thellusson Act The Accumulation Act, 1800. See Accumulation Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Thellusson Act in the Dictionaries, Thellusson Act in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia […]

Third Party

Definition of Third Party One who is a stranger to a transaction or proceeding. Where a defendant claims to be entitled to contribution or indemnity over against any person not a party to an action, he may by leave issue a third party notice, duly sealed, and serve it on such person within the […]

Thomas V. Sorrel I

Definition of Thomas V. Sorrel I ((1674), Vaughan, 330). The plaintiff claimed a large sum of money from the defendant for selling wine without a licence contrary to statute 12 Car. 2. The jury found that a patent of 9 Jac. 1 had incorporated the Vintners 7 Company with leave to sell wine, non […]

Theft

Definition of Theft Larceny (q.v.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Theft in the Dictionaries, Theft in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find synonyms and […]

Theftbote

Definition of Theftbote Hush-money (q.v.) for larceny Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Theftbote in the Dictionaries, Theftbote in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]

The Asylum Case

HAYA DE LA TORRE CASE Judgment of 13 June 1951 The Haya de la Torre case between Colombia and Peru with Cuba as intervening Party, was brought before the Court under the following circumstances: In a Judgment delivered on November 20th, 1950, the Court had defined the legal relations […]