territorial law
The law that applies to all persons within a given territory regardless of their citizenship or nationality. Cf. PERSONAL LAW.
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territorial law
territorial law. The law that applies to all persons within a given territory regardless of their citizenship or nationality. Cf. PERSONAL LAW. “[T]he expression ‘territorial law’ … is not confined to the positive rules that regulate acts and events occurring within the jurisdiction, but includes also rules for the choice of law. English rules for
conflict of laws
conflict of laws. 1. A difference between the laws of different states or countries in a case in which a transaction or occurrence central to the case has a connection to two or more jurisdictions. — Often shortened to conflict. Cf. CHOICE OF LAW. [Cases: Action 17. C.J.S. Actions §§ 18–20; Conflict of Laws §§
territorialism
territorialism. The traditional approach to choice of law, whereby the place of injury or of contract formation determines which state’s law will be applied in a case. See CHOICE OF LAW.
private international law
International conflict of laws. • Legal scholars frequently lament the name “private international law” because it misleadingly suggests a body of law somehow parallel to public international law, when in fact it is merely a part of each legal system’s private law. — Also termed international private law; jus gentium privatum; intermunicipal law; comity; extraterritorial
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personal law
The law that governs a person’s family matters, usu. regardless of where the person goes. • In common-law systems, personal law refers to the law of the person’s domicile. In civil-law systems, it refers to the law of the individual’s nationality (and so is sometimes called lex patriae). Cf. TERRITORIAL LAW.
personal law
personal law. The law that governs a person’s family matters, usu. regardless of where the person goes. • In common-law systems, personal law refers to the law of the person’s domicile. In civil-law systems, it refers to the law of the individual’s nationality (and so is sometimes called lex patriae). Cf. TERRITORIAL LAW. “The idea
territoriality
Int’l law. The principle that a nation has the right of sovereignty within its borders.
territoriality
territoriality. Int’l law. The principle that a nation has the right of sovereignty within its borders. “Three maxims formulated by the seventeenth-century Dutch scholar Ulrich Huber undergird the modern concept of territoriality: (1) a state’s laws have force only within the state’s boundaries; (2) anyone found within the state’s boundaries is subject to the state’s
extraterritorial recognition of rights
extraterritorial recognition of rights. See private international law under INTERNATIONAL LAW.
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