Asylum
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(s´lm), extension of hospitality and protection to a fugitive and the place where such protection is offered.
Asylum Shopping definition:
The practise by an individual given asylum by one state as a refugee, to then use that status to attempt to migrate to another country.
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Asylum at Legal Glossary What is it? A legal status granted to an individual who is in the United States and fears political persecution if he or she is forced to return to their home country.
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'RIGHT OF ASYLUM (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht), in international law, the right which a state possesses, by virtue of the principle that every independent state is sole master within its boundaries, ...
ASYLUM SEEKER: A foreigner, already in the U.S. or at the border, who seeks refuge, claiming an inability or unwillingness to return to the home country because of a well-founded fear of persecution.
Asylum state
The state holding the fugitive.
At Issue
The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated his/her claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.
Asylum State - The state holding a fugitive from justice in another state.
Attachment - Taking and holding a person's property during proceedings to ensure satisfaction of a judgment not yet rendered.
asylum
A legal status granted to an individual who is in the United States and fears political persecution if he or she is forced to return to their home country.
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Asylums (legal term)
Schools and School Districts (legal term)
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Abolished from the common law in 1624 and, in France, at the time of the Revolution, the principle of sanctuary continues today, in somewhat altered form, as diplomatic asylum under international law. TOP Scienter : Latin for knowledge.
" If you are a refugee or an asylee and wish to sponsor, or petition for a relative, please refer to the document entitled "How Do I Get my Children or Spouse Derivative Asylum (or Refugee) Status?
Israeli police storm the British Embassy in Tel Aviv to capture a man who broke in and demanded asylum, threatening to kill himself if his demands were not met. (BBC) ...
Commit -To send a person to prison, asylum, or reformatory by a court order.
Common law -Also case law. Law established by subject matter heard in earlier cases.
Commutation -The reduction of a sentence, as from death to life imprisonment.
Commit: To send a person to prison, asylum, or reformatory by a court order.
Common Law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
Commit: To lawfully send a person to prison, a reformatory or an asylum
Common law: Law which derives its authority solely from usage and customs of immemorial antiquity or from the judgments and decrees of courts. also called "case law." ...
see also asylum state
compare detainer rendition
Article IV of the U.S.
It is a maxim in law that every man's house is his castle, and there he is entitled to perfect security; this asylum cannot therefore be legally invaded, unless by an officer duly authorized by legal process; ...
Mittimus - The name of an order in writing, issuing from a court and directing the sheriff or other officer to convey a person to a prison, asylum, or reformatory, ...
The act of sending a person to jail for judicial review before he is proved guilty of commiting a crime and also sending an insane person to an asylum for treatment who can prove dangerous to the society
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Churches being called the houses of God, formerly were considered an asylum, because to seize a person in the house of another was considered a wrong.
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