UK Law

Author: W.S.M. Knight

  • Force Majeure

    Definition of Force Majeure In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Force Majeure : (French) Irresistible compulsion or coercion. The phrase is used particularly in commercial contracts to describe events possibly affecting the contract and that are completely […]

  • Acquiescence

    Acquiescence in the Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser Based on the Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser , by W.S.M. Knight, Barrister –at – Law. Acquiescence is a form of estoppel. The term must have attached to it a very different signification, according to whether the […]

  • Act of bankruptcy

    Act of bankruptcy in the Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser Based on the Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser , by W.S.M. Knight, Barrister –at – Law. A person becomes a bankrupt only after petition to the Court. The petition may be presented by the debtor himself or by the […]

  • Central Criminal Court

    Definition of Central Criminal Court In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Central Criminal Court : The principal *Crown Court for Central London, usually known from its address as the Old Bailey. The Lord Mayor of London and any City aldermen may sit as […]

  • Acquittal

    Acquittal in the Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser Based on the Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser , by W.S.M. Knight, Barrister –at – Law. Acquittal – In the case of a verdict of not guilty; or of a successful plea of pardon; or of a successful plea of autrefois convict or […]

  • Conservative Party

    Conservative Party (Britain), oldest political party in the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party evolved as the successor to the Tory Party in the 1830s. It is known in full as the Conservative and Unionist Party. The party's tenets of conservatism include the continuance of monarchical […]

  • Conservatism

    Conservatism The conservative Party in Britain British conservative doctrine and the Conservative Party that evolved after the mid-19th century remained attached to parliamentary and constitutional democracy. Gradual extension of the franchise, social legislation, and better cooperation […]

  • Conservative Party History

    The forebears of Conservatives were the Cavaliers of the 17th century and the Tories of the 18th and 19th centuries. The Conservative Party was formed from various conservative associations established throughout England following the Reform Bill of 1832. This bill granted more parliamentary […]

  • John Duke Coleridge

    Coleridge John Duke 1st Baron Coleridge John Duke Coleridge (1820-1897), British jurist, eldest son of the jurist Sir John Taylor Coleridge, born in Ottery Saint Mary, and educated at the University of Oxford. He began practicing law in 1846 and was elected to Parliament in 1865. Three years […]

  • Barebone`s Parliament

    Barebone's Parliament, the Nominated Parliament summoned by the English soldier and statesman Oliver Cromwell, which met July 4, 1653. It was derisively nicknamed for one of the members, Praise-God Barbon or Barebone, a leather merchant. The assembly was made up of 140 members selected from […]

  • British Codes

    Code: British codes In the United Kingdom, the legal system is based on common law, and codification has been largely a problem of consolidating common and statute law. A pioneer in this work was the British philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who died while working on a codification of constitutional […]

  • Conservative Party Organization

    The Conservative Party today has three major elements: the National Union, comprising local constituency associations in England and Wales that screen prospective candidates and help get out the vote; the parliamentary party, made up of members of both houses of the British Parliament, […]

  • John Taylor Coleridge

    Coleridge Sir John Taylor John Taylor Coleridge (1790-1876), British jurist, born in Ottery Saint Mary, and educated at the University of Oxford. He became a judge on the Court of the King's Bench in 1835 and served for 23 years. Upon retiring as a jurist, he became a member of the Privy […]

  • Edward Coke

    Coke Sir Edward Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634), English jurist, who is considered one of the most eminent jurists in all English history, and best known as a compiler of the law. Often called Lord Coke or Lord Cooke, he was born in Norfolk, and educated at the University of Cambridge. He was […]

  • Associated State Of The United Kingdom

    Associated State of the United Kingdom, status of certain countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations that have full power of internal government, but where Britain is responsible for external relations and defense. (1) Resources Notes and References Encarta Online Encyclopedia See Also