HUNDRED - Obs. a sub-division of a Shire, in England.
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Hundred. A civil division of a county.Consisted of ten tithings. So called, because it was equal to a hundred hides of land; or because it furnished one hundred men i time of war.1 Bl. Com. 116.
HUNDRED, Eng. law. A district of country originally comprehending one hundred families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the -hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured.
Hundreds of lives are lost each year in arson-related fires, and thousands suffer burns and other injuries as a result of these crimes. In addition, arson is very financially costly to our society.
For hundreds of years, there were separate courts in England and its dependents: one for common law and one for equity (aka Chancery) and the decisions of the latter, where they conflicted, prevailed.
For a hundred years the legislatures of southern and border states used a succession of different types of legislation to disenfranchise African Americans and the members of other minority groups.
and it arose in an attempt to control the decay and ruin, both in rural and urban districts, which followed the Hundred Years' War, and the pestilence known as the Black Death.
Equity A branch of English law which developed hundreds of years ago when litigants would go to the King and complain of harsh or inflexible rules of common law which prevented "justice" from prevailing.
1 : to ascertain the number of : COUNT 2 : to specify one after another : LIST TOP Equity : A branch of English law which developed hundreds of years ago when litigants would go to the King and complain of harsh or inflexible rules of ...
For hundreds of years, there were separate courts in Ireland for common law and equity (known as courts of Chancery). Where decisions conflicted, equity prevailed. In 1877, the two systems were merged.
The spray has been linked to hundreds of cases of addiction and numerous deaths. In February 1995 Bristol-Myers Squibb asked the FDA to recommend that Stadol NS be considered a controlled substance.
Law which exists and applies to a group on the basis of historical legal precedents developed over hundreds of years. Because it is not written by elected politicians but, rather, by judges, it is also referred to as "unwritten" law.
Because sunken treasure has generally been lost for hundreds of years, while the original owner (or insurer, if the vessel was insured) continues to have an interest in it, ...
Traditional law not laid down by an Act of Parliament, which produces Statute Law, but rather evolving from judges decisions in case law, tradition and ancient practice based on historical legal precedents developed over hundreds of years.
1 In English history, see hundred. 2 In law, see guardian and ward. 3 In local government, see city government.
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Hundred - in English history, a subdivision of a shire, first mentioned in the 10th cent.
Example: Plaintiff alleges Defendant "misused more than a hundred thousand dollars placed in his trust in 1994." Defendant denies the amount was more than a hundred thousand, and denies it was given to him in 1994.
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money. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. It weighs two hundred and fifty-eight grains. Of one thousand parts, nine hundred... more
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1 : to formulate the contents of and draw up (as a document) <in the two hundred years since our Constitution was framed W. J. Brennan, Jr.> ...
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For example, the laws relating to negligence have been developed by judicial decisions over several hundred years. In modern times these basic principles are often incorporated into statutory laws.
Senate: The upper chamber of the Congress of the United States, numbering two selected representatives from each state. At present there are one hundred senators.
Civil Case A noncriminal lawsuit, usually involving private property rights. For example, lawsuits involving breach of contract, probate, divorce, negligence, and copyright violations are just a few of the many hundreds of varieties of civil ...
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