Search results for: “department of justice functions”

  • Prohibition

    Introduction to Prohibition Prohibition, legal ban on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating drink; by extension, the term also denotes those periods in history when such bans have been in force, as well as the political and social movements advocating them. Such movements (also called […]

  • Chancellor

    History The chancellor in England In England the office of chancellor dates back to the reign of Edward the Confessor, the first English king to use the Norman practice of sealing instead of signing documents; and from the Norman Conquest onwards the succession of chancellors is […]

  • Trial

    Trial Meaning Trial in Scottish Law The legal action in a criminal court case. Trial in Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure Indictments and Severance There is more information about this section in the entry about Indictments and Severance in this legal Encyclopedia. Hearsay and […]

  • Trial

    Trial Meaning Trial in Scottish Law The legal action in a criminal court case. Trial in Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure Indictments and Severance There is more information about this section in the entry about Indictments and Severance in this legal Encyclopedia. Hearsay and […]

  • Bureaucracy

      Bureaucracy Administration and central Bureaucracy and self-government must not be regarded as mutually exclusive systems of administration. In all civilised states they supplement one another, although their relative importance is hardly ever in two instances the same. It is a mistake to suppose that there is no self-government in Prussia, in France, or even…

  • Bureaucracy

      Bureaucracy Administration and central Bureaucracy and self-government must not be regarded as mutually exclusive systems of administration. In all civilised states they supplement one another, although their relative importance is hardly ever in two instances the same. It is a mistake to suppose that there is no self-government in Prussia, in France, or even…

  • Bankruptcy

    Definition of Bankruptcy In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bankruptcy : The state of a person who has been adjudged by a court to be insolvent (Compare winding-up). The court orders the compulsory administration of a bankrupt’s affairs so that his […]

  • Bankruptcy

    Definition of Bankruptcy In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bankruptcy : The state of a person who has been adjudged by a court to be insolvent (Compare winding-up). The court orders the compulsory administration of a bankrupt’s affairs so that his […]

  • Office

    Concept of Office The following is an old definition of Office [1], a term which has several meanings:1. A right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments thereunto belonging. The right, and correspondent duty, to execute a public or private trust, and to […]

  • Divorce

    Definition of Divorce In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Divorce : The legal termination of a marriage and the obligations created by marriage, other than by a decree of nullity or presumption of death. The present law on divorce dates from 1969. […]

  • Corporation

    Definition of Corporation In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Corporation : (corporation, body corporate) n. An entity that has legal personality, i.e. it is capable of enjoying and being subject to legal rights and duties (See juristic person) and […]

  • Court

    Definition of Court In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Court : 1. A body established by law for the administration of justice by judges or magistrates. 2. A hall or building in which a court is held. 3. a. The residence of a sovereig b. The […]

  • Statutory Instrument Drafting

    Note: This guidance regarding the use of modern language within the text of Statutory Instruments was originally published as SIP Circular No.4 (05). It followed from work which the LION Secondary Legislation Practice Editorial Group were asked to undertake following correspondence between […]

  • Parliamentary Privilege

    Parliamentary privilege Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament Parliamentary privilege grants certain legal immunities for Members of both Houses to allow them to perform their duties without interference from outside of the House. Parliamentary privilege includes freedom of speech and the […]

  • Devolution

    Definition of Devolution In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Devolution : 1. The delegation by the central government to a regional authority of legislative or executive functions (or both) relating to domestic issues within the regio The word is most […]