international legislation. Int’l law. 1. Law-making among countries or intergovernmental organizations, displaying structural and procedural characteristics that are the same as national legislation. 2. The product of any concerted effort to change international law by statute. 3. The process of trying to change international law by statute. 4. Loosely, the adoption by international bodies of […]
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compelling-state-interest test. Constitutional law. A method for determining the constitutional validity of a law, whereby the government’s interest in the law and its purpose is balanced against an individual’s constitutional right that is affected by the law. • Only if the government’s interest is strong enough will the law be upheld. The compelling-state-interest test is
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A point on which the evidence is undisputed, the outcome depending on the court’s interpretation of the law. — Also termed legal issue.
The picketing of an establishment with which the picketing party has no direct dispute in order to pressure the party with which there is a dispute. See secondary boycott under BOYCOTT; secondary strike under STRIKE. [Cases: Labor Relations 344. C.J.S. Labor Relations §§ 309–313, 315–319, 323.]
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Dean of Guild. Scot’s law. In certain burghs, the head of the Guild or Merchant Company, with jurisdiction in maritime and mercantile disputes.
arbitration act. A federal or state statute providing for the submission of disputes to arbitration. [Cases: Arbitra-tion 2. C.J.S. Arbitration § 4.]
Regiam Majestatem (ree-jee-[schwa]m maj-[schwa]-stay-t[schwa]m). [Latin “the (books of the) Royal Majesty”] Scots law. An ancient collection of Scottish laws, so called from its opening words. • The four-book collection is generally believed to be genuine, although its origins are widely disputed. It was partly copied from Glanville’s treatise De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae, as appears
reification (ree-[schwa]-fi-kay-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. Mental conversion of an abstract concept into a material thing. 2. Civil procedure. Identification of the disputed thing in a nonpersonal action and attribution of an in-state situs to it for jurisdictional purposes. 3. Commercial law. Embodiment of a right to payment in a writing (such as a negotiable instrument) so
byrlaw (bir-lah), n. English & Scots law. Hist. 1. The local custom of a township or district for resolving disputes over boundaries, trespasses, and the use of common lands, as well as farming issues. 2. A particular custom established by the common consent of landholders in a township or district. 3. The area over which
High Court of Chivalry. Hist. A court of honor having jurisdiction over matters relating to deeds of arms and war, armorial insignia, and precedence. — Also termed Court of Chivalry; Court of Earl Marshal. See COURT OF HONOR. “This Curia Marescalli, or High Court of Chivalry, was revived by James I as a court of
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