professio juris
professio juris (pr[schwa]-fes[h]-ee-oh joor-is). [Latin] A recognition of the right of a contracting party to stipulate the law that will govern the contract.
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struck off
struck off. 1. Removed from an active docket, usu. because of a want of prosecution or jurisdiction. 2. BrE.Removed from the register of qualified persons and, in the case of a professional, forbidden to practice.
collegium
collegium (k[schwa]-lee-jee-[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Roman law. An association of at least three people having the right to assemble and enact rules concerning membership, organization, and the rights and duties of members. • Collegia were formed for professional, cultural, charitable, and religious purposes. Pl. collegia. collegium illicitum (k[schwa]-lee-jee-[schwa]m i-lis-[schwa]-t[schwa]m). A collegium that either is not sanctioned
national council of juvenile and family court judges
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. An organization of judges and hearing officers who exercise jurisdiction over abuse, neglect, divorce, custody and visitation, support, domestic-violence, and other family-law cases. • Founded in 1937, the Council has an educational and support facility located near Reno, Nevada. It provides training, technical support, and professional assistance
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constitutio
constitutio (kon-sti-t[y]oo-shee-oh), n. [Latin “a decree”] 1. Roman law. An imperial decree; a law issued by the emperor; later, in the plural form constitutiones, a collection of laws. • The constitutiones took various forms, including orationes (laws submitted to the Senate), edicta (laws — usu. of a general character — put forth by the emperor),
irresistible impulse test
irresistible-impulse test. Criminal law. A test for insanity, holding that a person is not criminally responsible for an act if mental disease prevented that person from controlling potentially criminal conduct. • The few jurisdictions that have adopted this test have combined it with the McNaghten rules. — Also termed control test; volitional test. See INSANITY
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