Author: Agostino Von Hassell
-
Blackmail
Definition of Blackmail In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Blackmail : The crime of making an unwarranted demand with menaces for the purpose of financial gain for oneself or someone else or financial loss to the person threatened. The menaces may […]
-
Aequitas Est Quasi Aequalitas
Resources See Also See equality is equity.
-
Bare Licensee
Definition of Bare Licensee In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bare Licensee : A person who uses or occupies land by permission of the owner but has no legal or equitable interest in it. Such permission is personal to him; thus he cannot transfer it. He […]
-
Consumer-Credit Agreement
Definition of Consumer-Credit Agreement In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Consumer-Credit Agreement : A *personal-credit agreement in which an individual (the debtor) is provided with credit not exceeding £25,000. Unless exempted, consumer-credit […]
-
Conservation Area
Definition of Conservation Area In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Conservation Area : An area designated as such by a local planning authority (See town and country planning) because it is of special architectural or historic interest the character of […]
-
Deferred Debt
Definition of Deferred Debt In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Deferred Debt : In bankruptcy proceedings, a debt that by statute is not paid until all other debts have been paid in full.
-
Cause List
Definition of Cause List In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Cause List : A list of cases to be heard, displayed in the precincts of a court. The Daily Cause List lists all cases for trial in the Royal Courts of Justice and its outlying buildings. It…
-
Financial Year
Definition of Financial Year In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Financial Year : For statutes referring to finance, the period fixed by a statute of 1854 as the 12 calendar months ending on 31 March. Annual public accounts are made up for this period. For […]
-
Death Penalty
The death penalty: UK Legal History By 1900, murder was the only civilian crime (with few and rare exceptions) that incurred the mandatory death sentence. The only exception was on grounds of diminished responsibility through mental illness. The death sentence was finally abolished with the […]
-
Approximation of Laws
Definition of Approximation of Laws In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Approximation of Laws : The process by which member states of the EU change their national laws to enable the free market to function properly. It is required by the Treaty of Rome. […]
-
Companies House
Definition of Companies House In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Companies House : (Companies Registry, Companies House) The office of the Registrar of Companies (See registration of a company). Companies with a registered office in England or Wales are […]
-
Authorized Securities
Resources See Also See authorized investments.
-
Curfew Order
Definition of Curfew Order In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Curfew Order : A community order under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 that requires an offender over 16 to remain at a specified place at particular times. The maximum duration […]
-
Club
Definition of Club In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Club : An association regulated by rules that bind its members according to the law of contract. Club property is either vested in trustees for the members (members' club) or owned by a proprietor […]
-
Abstraction of Water
Definition of Abstraction of Water In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Abstraction of Water : The taking of water from a river or other source of supply. It normally requires a water authority licence but there are exceptions; for example when less than […]