EXTRATERRITORIALITY
This concerns the operation of laws outside the boundary of a state or country.
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This concerns the operation of laws outside the boundary of a state or country.
the term used for people who are free from legal action due to reasons of public policy.
a term for the statute that forbids monopoly, price fixing and the restraint of trade.
the term applied to having planned malice and is often used in an indictment.
1. A book with bank records in it. 2. A book that a merchant records sales to customers in.
a principle that a law officer can conduct a search or seize a criminal without having a warrant if he is sure a criminal act is in progress or has been committed.
term in taxation where a property lessens in value and is taxed less.
1. A device to detect lies. 2. A machine that copies documents.
the term that is given to any remedy that is not an ordinary action. See proceeding, ordinary.
The unqualified and the total agreement in accepting a liability or a responsibility.
1. A loss that can be evaluated in money terms. 2. Money lost by a dependent when a support person dies. TLD Example: The court’s decision to compensate the wrongfully discharged employee
1. The rehearing of a case in a higher court. 2. The rehearing of a motion that is based on new material.
1. To favour or to encourage. 2. To act in a condescending manner to a person. 3. To use a store’s facilities as a regular customer.
The term applied to the contract where a person binds his property to another should he not pay a loan.
1. A period of a jail sentence. 2. In some jurisdictions, a death from wounding to be called murder must occur with one year and a day.3. Time during which a person
1. used to describe a disease or an illness that is often permanent and make a person ineligible to take out an insurance policy. 2. A defect in a deed or document.
1. The occupation or the profession chosen. 2. To chase a person until they are captured.
1. Being in a set place at a given time. 2. To bring a motion before a court.
1. Damage to a person’s body. 2. An injury that exists so a person cannot physically enjoy his property. TLD Example: The driver of one of the cars involved in the collision was
1. A hindrance or an obstacle. 2. A disability such as a speech or hearing impediment.
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