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Accommodation
Accommodation in the Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser Based on the Business Encyclopaedia and Legal Adviser , by W.S.M. Knight, Barrister –at – Law. Suing upon a contract, the plaintiff has, except in the case of contracts under seal, to prove a consideration therefore. Bills of [...]Bail
Definition of Bail This term refers to the practice of releasing a defendant (or accused) from custody until their next appearance in court. In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bail : The release by the police, magistrates' court, or Crown Court of a [...]Bailie
In Scotland the word bailiff has taken the form of bailie, signifying a superior officer or magistrate of a municipal corporation. Bailies, by virtue of their office, are invested with certain judicial and administrative powers within the burgh for which they are appointed. They sit as [...]Chambers
Definition of Chambers In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Chambers : 1. The offices occupied by a barrister or group of barristers. (The term is also used for the group of barristers practising from a set of chambers.) 2. The private office of a [...]Civil Courts Structure
The Structure of the courts: Civil Matters Introduction to Civil Courts Structure Other than the limited jurisdiction of the magistrates' court, mostly concerned with family matters, most unexceptional civil disputes come to the county court. This was created by an Act of Parliament, but [...]Civil Procedure Law
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Most Popular Entries related to Civil Procedure Law Outline Civil Procedure Law (in the United Kingdom) Civil Procedure Law School (in the United Kingdom) Civil Procedure Law Outline (in the United Kingdom) See Also Civil Procedure Law in Nigeria Civil Procedure Law in China Some [...]Civil Procedure Law School
Most Popular Entries related to Civil Procedure Law School Civil Procedure Law (in the United Kingdom) Civil Procedure Law School (in the United Kingdom) Civil Procedure Law Outline (in the United Kingdom) See Also Civil Procedure Law in Nigeria Civil Procedure Law in China Some [...]Costs
Definition of Costs In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Costs : Sums payable for legal services. A distinction is drawn between contentious and noncontentious costs (broadly, the distinction between costs relating to litigious and nonlitigious [...]Costs in the Case
Definition of Costs in the Case In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Costs in The Case : An order for costs made in *interim proceedings (interlocutory proceedings) by which the costs of the hearing in question are payable in accordance with the order for [...]Court of King’s Bench
History Court of King’s Bench, in England, one of the superior courts of common law. This court, the most ancient of English courts—in its correct legal title, “the court of the king before the king himself,” coram ipso rege—is far older than parliament itself, for it can be traced back [...]Criminal Litigation
INVESTIGATION AND CHARGE This Section covers: The powers to stop, search and arrest ; Detention and interrogation ; The right to silence at the police station ; Challenging unlawfully and unfairly obtained evidence ; Obtaining identification evidence ; The decision to [...]Criminal Procedure Definition
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Most Popular Entries related to Criminal Procedure Laws Procedure Criminal Law (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Law Practice (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Outline (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Definition (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Laws [...]Criminal Procedure Outline
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This issue under the Ruling of John of England Ecclesiastical Courts under John and Medieval Law Ecclesiastical Courts under John and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Adams, Norma, and Charles Donahue, ed. Select Cases From the [...]Entrapment
Definition of Entrapment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Entrapment : Deliberately trapping a person into committing a crime in order to secure his conviction, as by offering to buy drugs. English courts do not recognize a defence of entrapment as [...]Handbooks of Procedure
Treatises and Handbooks of Procedure and Pleading Handbooks of Procedure and Medieval Law Handbooks of Procedure and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Consuetudines Diversarum Curiarum . The Selden Society (SS), 60 for 1941. [...]History of English Court System
Early History of the English Court System The process of separation of judicial from executive and legislative governmental powers continued during the reign of Edward I with the establishment of the Court of Exchequer as a tribunal having exclusive jurisdiction over revenue cases. See more [...]Joinder
History Joinder, in English law, a term used in several connexions. Joinder of causes of action is the uniting in the same action several causes of action. Save in actions for the recovery of land and in actions by a trustee in bankruptcy a plaintiff may without leave join in one [...]Judgment
Meaning of Judgment The following is an old definition of Judgment [1]: The saying of the law; the sentence of the law, pronounced by the court, upon the matter contained in the record. The determination of the law as the result of proceedings instituted in a court of justice. The final [...]Jurisdiction
Company Winding-up by the Court: Jurisdiction Jurisdiction in North Ireland Term for the area of judicial responsibility. It can refer to geographical or scope of work responsibility. Jurisdiction in Scotland Heritable Jurisdiction Heritable Jurisdiction, in the law of Scotland, grants [...]Jury
Jury Meaning Jury in Scottish Law The group of men and women who listen to the evidence and make decisions about the facts in a case. In criminal cases, there are 15 jurors, with 12 in civil cases. Definition of Jury Qualifications To be eligible for jury service there are certain [...]Law Reports under William
This issue under the Ruling of William of England Year Books and other Reports Law Reports under William and Medieval Law Law Reports under William and Legal History Legal Materials (Compiled by the University of South Caroline Gould School of Law) Bigelow, Melville M., ed. Placita [...]Parliamentary Financial Procedures
History The whole law of finance, and consequently the whole British constitution, is grounded upon one fundamental principle, laid down at the very outset of English parliamentary history and secured by three hundred years of mingled conflict with the Crown and peaceful growth. All taxes and [...]Procedure Criminal Law
Most Popular Entries related to Procedure Criminal Law Procedure Criminal Law (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Law Practice (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Outline (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Definition (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Laws [...]Stare Decisis
Definition of Stare Decisis The doctrine of judicial precedent is based upon the latin maxim 'stare decisis et non quieta movere'. Stare decisis in Legal Latin Meaning of the latin term Stare decisis from the University of Kent: 'To stand by things decided' - A maxim expressing the underlying [...]Summary Offences
Definition of Summary Offences Offences of a more minor nature which are usually tried in the magistrates' court. History Summary trials Justices of the peace may under many statutes convict in a summary manner (without the intervention of a jury) for offences of minor importance. [...]Tagcivil Litigation
Resources See Also Further Reading Tagcivil Litigation in the Encyclopedia of Britain Tagcivil Litigation in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Tagcivil Litigation in the Halsbury's Laws of England Tagcivil Litigation in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases [...]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 [...]Trover
Trover (0. Fr. trover, to find, mod. trouver), or trover and conversion, the name of a form of action in English law no longer in use, corresponding to the modern action of conversion. It was brought for damages for the detention of a chattel, and differed from detinue in that the latter was [...]William Ballantine
William Ballantine (1812-1887), English serjeant-at-law, was born in London on the 3rd of January 1812, being the son of a London police-magistrate. He was educated at St Paul's school, and called to the bar in 1834. He began in early life a varied acquaintance with dramatic and literary [...]- - 141,230 in the past week
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