RIGHT OF APPROACH
a right given to a nation at war being able to stop and search a ship of another country and are spelled out by conventions of war.
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a right given to a nation at war being able to stop and search a ship of another country and are spelled out by conventions of war.
a law that imposes a new obligation on past things or a law that starts from a date in the past.
A Latin phrase where the ruling of a court becomes final unless one or both parties show cause for it not to be. TLD Example: The divorce decree from the court was a
the term that is used to describe a person who is a habitual criminal.
a term that applies to the lessening of a sentence or the severity of a punishment.
the act of taking possession back of your property that had been leased to someone else.
where the court clerk will record the verdict and end the trial.
a term that means to perform a service, to deliver or to yield and give up.
the answer to a complaint, a response to a charge that completely answers the charges and may even enter a counterclaim.
a term that is used for a person’s right to the ownership and the possession of land.
The term that is given to a mental illness that is temporary but can recur from time to time.
a shield law that is designed to protect the victims of rape from being asked about their past sexual conduct.
a person who has recorded his name in the voting register and is entitled legally to cast a vote.
abbreviated to ROR when a person is released on a pledge to appear in court to answer the charges against him at a later date.
the authority of a state to set the rates that a company or a public utility can charge its customers.
a report and the response of an officer of the court to a writ or to a process.
a term that means to give forth a verdict or decision or to pronounce.
an estate that goes to a certain person to be enjoyed by them until some time in the future when something occurs.
a transfer of a law suit from one court to another court done because a court may lack the jurisdiction to try the case.
a new trial that is conducted when an issue has been disputed and decided by court but is being re-examined due to an unfair or improper result.
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