standard descriptive characteristics. Parliamentary law. The basic rules that apply to and define a motion. • The characteristics include when the motion is in order; its rank — that is, what it takes precedence over, and what yields to it; whether making it may interrupt a speaker; whether it needs a second; whether it is […]
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a. 1. (usu. cap. & often ital.) A hypothetical person (A deeds Blackacre to B). 2. [Latin] From; by; in; on; of; at. 3. [Law Latin] With. 4. [Law French] Of; at; to; for; in; with. 5. Securities. A letter used in a newspaper stock-transaction table to indicate that cash was paid during the year
Roman law. The legal system of the ancient Romans, forming the basis of the modern civil law; CIVIL LAW(1). “The Roman law is the body of rules that governed the social relations of many peoples in Europe, Asia, and Africa for some period between the earliest prehistoric times and 1453 A.D. This date should perhaps
droit d’accession (drwah dak-ses-syawn), n. [French “right of accession”] Civil law. The right of the owner of a thing to whatever is produced by it or is united with it, either naturally or artificially. La. Civ. Code arts. 483, 490, 507. • The equivalent of the Roman specificatio, the right includes, for example, the right
false misrepresentation. See MISREPRESENTATION. • This phrase is redundant, since misrepresentation includes the idea of falsity.
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McClanahan presumption. The presumption that the states do not have jurisdiction to tax members of a Native American tribe who live or work on tribal land. • The presumption is not limited to tribal members who live or work on a formal reservation. Instead, it includes those who live or work on informal reservations, in
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doctrine of specialty. Int’l law. The principle, included as a provision in most extradition treaties, under which a person who is extradited to a country to stand trial for certain criminal offenses may be tried only for those offenses and not for any other pre-extradition offenses. — Also termed specialty doctrine. See EXTRADITION. [Cases: Extradition
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collateral-contract doctrine. The principle that in a dispute concerning a written contract, proof of a second (usu. oral) agreement will not be excluded under the parol-evidence rule if the oral agreement is independent of and not inconsistent with the written contract, and if the information in the oral agreement would not ordinarily be ex-pected to
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Teind Court. Scots law. A court that adjudicates questions relating to teinds, esp. increases in the stipends of parish ministers. • It includes one of the judges of the Court of Session, sitting as Commissioner of Teinds. — Also termed Court of Teinds.
An electronic symbol, sound, or process that is either attached to or logically associated with a document (such as a contract or other record) and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document. • Types of electronic signatures include a typed name at the end of an e-mail, a digital
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