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  • Amende Honorable

    English Law: Amende Honorable in the Past A penalty imposed upon a person by way of disgrace or infamy, as a punishment for any offence or for the purpose of making reparation for any injury (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) done to another, as the walking into […]

  • Amende Honorable

    English Law: Amende Honorable in the Past A penalty imposed upon a person by way of disgrace or infamy, as a punishment for any offence or for the purpose of making reparation for any injury (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) done to another, as the walking into […]

  • Amortization

    English Law: Amortization in the Past An alienation of lands or tenements in mortraain. 2 Stat. Ed. I. Developments The cut of the property (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) of lands or tenements to mortmain. AMORTISE, contracts. To alien lands in mortmain. […]

  • Amortization

    English Law: Amortization in the Past An alienation of lands or tenements in mortraain. 2 Stat. Ed. I. Developments The cut of the property (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) of lands or tenements to mortmain. AMORTISE, contracts. To alien lands in mortmain. […]

  • Amerciament, Amercement

    English Law: Amerciament, Amercement in the Past A pecuniary punishment arbitrarily imposed by some lord or count, in distinction from a fine which is expressed according to the statute. Kitch. 78. Amerciament royal, when the amerciament is made by the sheriff (see law enforcement in the U.K. […]

  • Amendments to Claims

    Amendments to Claims/Defenses in Arbitration Rules In relation to arbitration rules and, more specifically, to Arbitral Proceedings in the arbitration law of the United Kingdom, the following is an overview of amendments to claims/defenses.

  • Amendments to Claims

    Amendments to Claims/Defenses in Arbitration Rules In relation to arbitration rules and, more specifically, to Arbitral Proceedings in the arbitration law of the United Kingdom, the following is an overview of amendments to claims/defenses.

  • Ambulatory

    Definition of Ambulatory In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Ambulatory : adj. (of a will) Taking effect not from when it was made but from the death of the testator. Thus descriptions of property bequeathed or of beneficiaries are taken to refer to […]

  • Ambulatory

    Definition of Ambulatory In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Ambulatory : adj. (of a will) Taking effect not from when it was made but from the death of the testator. Thus descriptions of property bequeathed or of beneficiaries are taken to refer to […]

  • Amicable Action

    Meaning of Amicable Action The following is an old definition of Amicable Action [1]: An action entered of record by agreement and without the service of process, to obtain the judgment of the court in a matter of common interest. Opposed, adversary action. Civil action. Recovers a private […]

  • Amerce

    Meaning of Amerce The following is an old definition of Amerce [1]: To be amerced, or d mercie, is to be at the king’s mercy with respect to a fine to be imposed. Later, simply to be fined. whence (the word(s) which follow it are derivatives from the same root word) amercement. Before the jury…

  • Amicus Curiae

    Amicus curiae in Legal Latin Meaning of the latin term Amicus curiae from the University of Kent: ‘Friend of the court or tribunal’ – A non-party who gives evidence before the court so as to assist it with research, argument, or submissions. For example, in the House of Lords decision on […]

  • Ambiguity

    Definition of Ambiguity In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Ambiguity : Uncertainty in meaning. In legal documents ambiguity may be patent or latent. A patent ambiguity is obvious to anyone looking at the document; for example, when a blank space is left […]

  • Ambulance Services

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

  • Amalgamated Engineering Union

    Amalgamated Engineering Union History Created in 1920 following the amalgamation of many smaller unions. Continued to grow by absorbing smaller unions. Now part of Amicus. Generally on the right wing of union politics, played a large part in securing a shorter working week in 1989-91. Allowed […]