Author: MacCallum

  • Crime

    Definition of Crime In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Crime : An act (or sometimes a failure to act) that is deemed by statute or by the common law to be a public wrong and is therefore punishable by the state in criminal proceedings. Every crime […]

  • Guilty

    Definition of Guilty In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Guilty : adj. 1. An admission in court by an accused person that he has committed the offence with which he is charged. If there is more than one charge he may plead guilty to some and *not…

  • Commissioner

    Commissioner For The Protection Against Unlawful Industrial Action Resources See Also See certification officer. Commissioner Meaning Commissioner in Scottish Law A lawyer, judge, sheriff or other suitable person who hears evidence at a different time or place to the actual court case. The […]

  • Examination-In-Chief

    Definition of Examination-In-Chief In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Examination-In-Chief : (examination-in-chief, direct examination) The questioning of a witness by the party who called him to give evidence. Leading questions (*leading question) may […]

  • Corroboration

    Definition of Corroboration In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Corroboration : Evidence that confirms the accuracy of other evidence in a material particular. In general, English law does not require corroboration and any fact may be proved by a single […]

  • English Trusts Law

    History of Trust Deeds When the amount borrowed by a company is large, the company commonly executes a trust deed by way of further security. The object of such a trust deed is twofold: it conveys specific property to the trustees of the deed by way of legal mortgage (the charge […]

  • Disability Discrimination

    Resources See Also See disabled person. Resources See Also Further Reading Disability Discrimination in the Encyclopedia of Britain Disability Discrimination in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Disability Discrimination in the Halsbury's Laws of England Disability Discrimination […]

  • Accumulation

    Definition of Accumulation In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Accumulation : The continual addition of the income of a fund to the capital, so that the fund grows indefinitely. Before the Accumulation Act 1800 accumulation was permitted for the length of […]

  • Civil Partnerships

    Resources See Also Further Reading Civil Partnerships in the Encyclopedia of Britain Civil Partnerships in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Civil Partnerships in the Halsbury's Laws of England Civil Partnerships in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Civil […]

  • Codification

    Resources See Also Further Reading Codification in the Encyclopedia of Britain Codification in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Codification in the Halsbury's Laws of England Codification in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Codification in the Jowitt's […]

  • Northern Ireland Assembly

    Resources See Also Further Reading Northern Ireland Assembly in the Encyclopedia of Britain Northern Ireland Assembly in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Northern Ireland Assembly in the Halsbury's Laws of England Northern Ireland Assembly in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of […]

  • Age Discrimination

    Resources See Also Further Reading Age Discrimination in the Encyclopedia of Britain Age Discrimination in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Age Discrimination in the Halsbury's Laws of England Age Discrimination in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Age […]

  • Animal Diseases

    Resources See Also Further Reading Animal Diseases in the Encyclopedia of Britain Animal Diseases in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Animal Diseases in the Halsbury's Laws of England Animal Diseases in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Animal Diseases in […]

  • Proof

    Proof Meaning Proof in Scottish Law Either evidence of something or a formal hearing of evidence in a civil case of children's hearing court.

  • Director of Public Prosecutions (England And Wales)

    Resources See Also Further Reading Director of Public Prosecutions (England And Wales) in the Encyclopedia of Britain Director of Public Prosecutions (England And Wales) in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Director of Public Prosecutions (England And Wales) in the Halsbury's Laws […]