Search results for: “The discipline of law/”
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Ecclesiastical Law
Definition of Ecclesiastical Law In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Ecclesiastical Law : (canon law, ecclesiastical law) Church law, such as the Roman Catholic Code of Canon Law and, in England, the law of the Church of England. Unless subsequently […]
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Case Management
Definition of Case Management In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Case Management : Under the *Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), the new procedure for managing civil cases, as proposed in Lord Woolf s Access to Justice (Final Report) 1996. Under the new regime, […]
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Inns of Court
Introduction to Inns of Court Inns of Court, four institutions in London whose members comprise the bar of England and Wales. In order to become a barrister the aspirant must join an Inn as a student and dine in hall 18 times, as well as pass professional examinations, before being […]
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Commons
Parliament Commons Introduction to Commons The House of Commons has 646 members, who are elected from the same number of constituencies by British subjects at least 18 years old. The maximum life of a Parliament is five years. Elections are set by the prime minister on the basis of political […]
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Commons
Parliament Commons Introduction to Commons The House of Commons has 646 members, who are elected from the same number of constituencies by British subjects at least 18 years old. The maximum life of a Parliament is five years. Elections are set by the prime minister on the basis of political […]
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Heresy
Note: see also heresy in the European legal Encyclopedia and click here about heresy in the world. Heresy according to the Law of England: History The highest point reached by the ecclesiastical power in England was in the Act De Haeretico comburendo (2 Henry IV. c. 15). Some have […]
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Corporal Punishment
History Corporal Punishment, chastisement inflicted by one person on the body (corpus) of another. By the common law of England, Scotland and Ireland, the infliction of corporal punishment is illegal unless it is done in self-defence or in defence of others, or is done either by some person […]
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Capital Punishment
History The modes of capital punishment in England under the Saxon and Danish kings were various: hanging, beheading, burning, drowning, stoning, and precipitation from rocks. The principle on which this British and foreign laws and methods. variety depended was that where an offence was […]
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Court of Arches
Definition of Court of Arches In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Court of Arches : The ecclesiastical court of appeal from the consistory court (See ecclesiastical courts), which has the jurisdiction of the former provincial Court of Archbishop of […]
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Court Martial
Definition of Court Martial In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Court Martial : A court convened within the armed forces to try offences against *service law. It consists of a number of serving officers, who sit without a jury and are advised on points […]
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Deportation
Definition of Deportation In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Deportation : The removal from a state of a person whose initial entry into that state was illegal (Compare expulsion). In the UK this is authorized by the Immigration Act 1971 as amended by […]
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Desertion
Definition of Desertion In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Desertion : 1. The failure by a husband or wife to cohabit with his or her spouse. Desertion usually takes the form of physically leaving the home, but this is not essential: there may be […]
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Desertion
Definition of Desertion In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Desertion : 1. The failure by a husband or wife to cohabit with his or her spouse. Desertion usually takes the form of physically leaving the home, but this is not essential: there may be […]
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Chastisement
Definition of Chastisement In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Chastisement : Physical punishment as a form of discipline. A parent or guardian has the common-law right to inflict reasonable and moderate punishment on his children and may authorize someone […]
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Chastisement
Definition of Chastisement In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Chastisement : Physical punishment as a form of discipline. A parent or guardian has the common-law right to inflict reasonable and moderate punishment on his children and may authorize someone […]