a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of Eng…
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an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
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a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of Eng…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Legal theory.an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Legal theory.the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Legal theory.the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Legal theory.the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Legal theory.a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of Eng…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Legal theory.that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law, Legal theory.(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) immediate and direct physical control over property
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…
Used in the same subject area: Law, General law.(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
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Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said tha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.(law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said tha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said tha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: opinion, voiced, judge, point, directly.
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