address, n. 1. The place where mail or other communication is sent. 2. In some states, a legislature’s formal request to the executive to do a particular thing, such as to remove a judge from office. 3. Equity practice. The part of a bill in which the court is identified. See DIRECTION(5).
House of Lords. The upper chamber of the British Parliament, of which the 11-member judicial committee provides judges who serve as the final court of appeal in most civil cases. • In practice, the Lords sit as committees, usu. of five but occasionally of seven. Two committees may sit simultaneously. — Abbr. H.L. — Also
recognition, n. 1. Confirmation that an act done by another person was authorized. See RATIFICATION. [Cases: Principal and Agent 170(2).C.J.S. Agency § 88.] 2. The formal admission that a person, entity, or thing has a particular status; esp. a nation’s act in formally acknowledging the existence of another nation or national government. 3. Parliamentary law.
concurrence. 1. Agreement; assent. 2. A vote cast by a judge in favor of the judgment reached, often on grounds differing from those expressed in the opinion or opinions explaining the judgment. 3. A separate written opinion explaining such a vote. — Also termed (in sense 3) concurring opinion. [Cases: Courts 108. C.J.S. Courts §
chamber, n. 1. A room or compartment (gas chamber). 2. A legislative or judicial body or other deliberative assembly (chamber of commerce). 3. The hall or room where such a body conducts business (the senate chamber). — chamber, adj. judge’s chamber. (usu. pl.) 1. The private room or office of a judge. 2. Any place
memorial, n. 1. An abstract of a legal record, esp. a deed; MEMORANDUM(1). [Cases: Records 1, 30–31. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 449–450; Records§§ 2, 60, 62–63, 65, 74–93, 95.] 2. A written statement of facts presented to a legislature or executive as a petition.
railroad, vb. 1. To transport by train. 2. To send (a measure) hastily through a legislature so that there is little time for consideration and debate. 3. To convict (a person) hastily, esp. by the use of false charges or insufficient evidence.
legislative council. 1. A state agency that studies legislative problems and plans legislative strategy between regular legislative sessions. 2. In some English-speaking jurisdictions, the upper house of a legislature (corresponding to an American senate). 3. In some English-speaking jurisdictions, the lower house of a legislature (corresponding to an American House of Representatives).
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Int’l law. The minor diplomatic offense of interference in domestic affairs by a foreign representative, esp. by making a public statement about an issue currently being debated in the legislature.
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A committee that is established for ongoing business, that continues to exist from session to session, and that is usu. charged with considering business of a certain recurring kind. • A legislature will ordinarily establish a standing committee concerned with a specific field of legislation. A legislative standing committee usu. considers basic questions of legislative
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