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A law passed by a municipal government of a city, town, village to establish rules and regulations affecting people or areas of a specific locality.
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A law passed by a legislative body.
Actual Malice:
To win a defamation suit, public officials or prominent people, such as political candidates or movie stars, must prove that the offender made a false statement with actual malice.
Congress passed the Equal Employment Opportunity Act (EEOA) to bring federal employees within the rubric of Title VII. Clark v. Chasen, 619 F.2d 1330, 1334 (9th Cir.'80).
"As time passed, persons with cunning and cupidity sought to avail themselves of this superstition in order to avoid a responsibility which was the result of their own failings and neglect.
A resolution passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of such members as (being entitled to do so) vote in person or where proxies are allowed, by proxy, ...
ActA law passed by the provincial or federal legislature. Acts are also referred to as 'statutes'.
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The writ has passed into the law of the United States. "There is in the federal judiciary an employment of the writ substantially as the old prerogative writ in the king's bench practice, also as a mode of exercising appellate jurisdiction, ...
By an act passed during the session of 1839-1840, chap. 26, it is enacted, 1. "That deeds of every description may be proved by two subscribing witnesses, or acknowledged and recorded, and may then be read in, evidence. 2.
A statutory plan passed by Congress or any state legislature which is a "bill" until enacted and becomes law.
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Statute - Law passed by a legislative body declaring rights and duties, or commanding or prohibiting certain conduct.
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
statute - A law passed by the state legislature.
statute of limitations - A certain time allowed by statute in which litigation must be brought. In criminal cases, prosecution is barred if not brought within the statute of limitations.
Although no longer required in many jurisdictions, this was the model for divorce procedures wherein a court would issue A decree nisi, which would have no force or effect until a period of time passed (30 days or 6 months).
Act A bill which has passed through the various legislative steps required for it and which has become law, as in "an Act of the Commonwealth of Australia." Synonymous to statute, legislation or law.
Squatters simply came onto some portion of the vast tracts of land that formerly were not criss-crossed by highways and communications systems and, when the requisite time established by local law had passed, ...
The act performed by an officer of the law, under the authority and exigence of a writ, in taking into the custody of the law the property, real or personal, of a person against whom the judgment of a competent court has passed, ...
heirloom exemption Allows you to keep certain items passed from generation to generation which have special monetary or sentimental value.homestead exemption Protects a specified value or specified number of acres in a homestead.
Space law also encompasses national laws, and many countries have passed national space legislation in recent years.
The name of an American federal labor law which was passed in 1947, and which sought to "equalize legal responsibilities of labor organizations and employers"; ie.
For example, state court's subject matter jurisdiction includes the civil and criminal laws that the state legislature has passed, but does not include the right to hear patent disputes or immigration violations, ...
The Communications Decency Act, passed by Congress in 1996 and signed by President Bill Clinton, ...
ERISA - Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 - A federal law passed to protect pension rights. ERISA sets minimum standards for pension plans, guaranteeing that pension rights cannot be unfairly denied to or taken from a worker.
[from Falcidius, Roman tribune who proposed the law passed in 40 B.C. that established the portion] ...
A motion of no confidence is passed in Her Majesty's Government by a simple majority and 14 days elapses without the House passing a confidence motion in any new Government formed ...
EQUAL ACCESS ACT: A law passed by Congress in 1984. It requires public schools to allow students who to meet before and after classes for religious purposes, including prayer, if they want to do so.
Where a decision made within a company by the members of the company voting on a particular issue must be passed by a simple majority (more than 50% of the members). The members can vote in person, or appoint a proxy to vote on their behalf.
Comitia (Lex): A law passed in the assembly, a plebiscite
Contra Auspicia: Literally, counter to the auspices or religious omens.
Ordinance: A law passed by a local or municipal government.
Ordinary Course of Business: Conduct of business within normal commercial customs and usages.
Original Jurisdiction: The first court to which a legal dispute is referred.
Ordinance: A law passed by a local or municipal government.
Original Jurisdiction: The first court to which a legal dispute is referred.
Originating Line Haul Road: The railroad where any freight shipment begins.
Ex Post Facto
After the fact; a law passed after an act is performed which retroactively makes such act illegal. Such laws are prohibited under the U.S. Constitution.
Execute
To complete a legal document, as by signing.
ORDINANCE - A law passed by a city, town, parish or county legislative body. Ordinances are of lower significance and reach than state statutes, which control the law across an entire state.
YORK, STATUTE OF.
The name of an English statute, passed 12 Edw. II., Anno Domini 1318, and so called because it was enacted at York. It contains many wise... more ...
Term: Ex Post Facto
Definition: After the fact; a law passed after an act is performed which retroactively makes such act illegal. Such laws are prohibited under the U.S. Constitution.
finished water : Water that has passed through a water treatment plant; all the treatment processes are completed or "finished". This water is ready to be delivered to consumers. Also called product water.
Act of Parliament: A law passed by Parliament. Also called a statute.
A legal proceeding taken under the law of equity where the claimant attempts to reclaim specific property, through the court, whether the property is still in the first acquirer's hands or it has passed onto others, ...
A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed.
VETO The refusal of assent by the executive officer whose assent is necessary to perfect a law which has been passed by the legislative body.
The procedure was introduced by the praetors, who required the parties to formulate the issues in a case by a formal statement (formula), which was then passed on to the iudex for a determination of the facts.
In criminal law, an ex post facto law is one that imposes or increases punishment for an act that was committed before the law was passed, such a law is forbidden by the U.S. and Idaho Constitutions.
Latin for "among other things." This phrase is often found in legal pleadings and writings to specify one example out of many possibilities. Example: "The judge said, inter alia, that the time to file the action had passed." ...
Tracing: Equitable right of a plaintiff to reclaim specific property, through the court, where the property has passed on to others. This procedure is frequently used by a trust beneficiary to recover misappropriated trust property.
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