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  • Authorized Investments

    Definition of Authorized Investments In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Authorized Investments : Formerly, investments in which a trustee was permitted to invest trust property. Under the Trustee Investments Act 1961 (replacing earlier legislation, which […]

  • Automatism

    Definition of Automatism In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Automatism : Unconscious *involuntary conduct caused by some external factor. A person is not criminally liable for acts carried out in a state of automatism, since his conduct is altogether […]

  • Auckland Geddes

    Sir Auckland Geddes History British politician and diplomat. Served in the First World War, then as Director of National Service between 1917-1918. As Ambassador to the United States between 1920-1924 he produced a report into the treatment of British immigrants at Ellis Island. Chairman of […]

  • Auckland Geddes

    Sir Auckland Geddes History British politician and diplomat. Served in the First World War, then as Director of National Service between 1917-1918. As Ambassador to the United States between 1920-1924 he produced a report into the treatment of British immigrants at Ellis Island. Chairman of […]

  • Autrefois Convict

    Definition of Autrefois Convict In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Autrefois Convict : (French: previously convicted) A *special plea in bar of arraignment claiming that the defendant has previously been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of […]

  • Auction Ring

    Definition of Auction Ring In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Auction Ring : A group of buyers who agree not to compete against each other at an auction with a view to purchasing articles for less than the open-market value. The profit earned thereby is […]

  • Autrefois Acquit

    Definition of Autrefois Acquit In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Autrefois Acquit : (French: previously acquitted) A *special plea in bar of arraignment claiming that the defendant has previously been acquitted by a court of competent jurisdiction of the […]

  • Authentication

    Definition of Authentication In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Authentication : A distinct procedural step at the conclusion of a *treaty at which the definitive text of the treaty is established as correct and authentic and not subject to further modificatio

  • Autre Vie

    Resources See Also See estate pur autre vie.

  • Audit Commission

    Resources See Also See district auditors.

  • Auxiliary Jurisdiction

    Definition of Auxiliary Jurisdiction In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Auxiliary Jurisdiction : The jurisdiction exercised by the *Court of Chancery to aid a claimant at common law; for example, by forcing a defendant to reveal documents and thus provide […]

  • Authority

    Definition of Authority In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Authority : 1. Power delegated to a person or body to act in a particular way. The person in whom authority is vested is usually called an *agent and the person conferring the authority is the […]

  • Australasia

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