Tag: CL

  • Close of Pleadings

    Definition of Close of Pleadings In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Close of Pleadings : Formerly, a stage in the course of pleading in an action in the High Court that occurred 14 days after service of the reply, defence to counterclaim, or defence. This […]

  • Close

    Definition of Close In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Close : Land that is enclosed.

  • Client

    Definition of Client In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Client : A person who employs a solicitor to carry out legal business on behalf of himself or someone else. The relationship between a solicitor and his client is a *fiduciary one and any other […]

  • Closure Power

    Definition of Closure Power A fast and flexible power, it can be used to protect victims & communities by closing premises that are disorderly or causing a nuisance.

  • Closure

    Definition of Closure In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Closure : The curtailing of debate on a question, particularly in the House of Commons, by carrying a motion (which cannot itself be debated) that the question be now put. The result is that a vote […]

  • Closed-Shop Agreement

    Definition of Closed-Shop Agreement In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Closed-Shop Agreement : A collective agreement requiring members of a particular group of employees to be or become members of a specified trade union. A pre-entry agreement is one […]

  • Close Company

    Definition of Close Company In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Close Company : A company under the control of its directors or five or fewer participators. The participators have or are entitled to acquire a share or interest in the capital or income of […]

  • Classification of Animals

    Definition of Classification of Animals In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Classification of Animals : At common law animals were formerly classified as wild by nature (ferae naturae) or tame by nature (mansuetae naturae), referring to the species in […]

  • Closing Order

    Definition of Closing Order In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Closing Order : An order made by a local housing authority under the Housing Act 1985 prohibiting the use of a house, which it considers unfit for human habitation, for any purpose not […]

  • Clearance Area

    Definition of Clearance Area In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Clearance Area : Formerly, an area declared as such by a housing authority (usually a district or London borough council) on the ground that the houses in it were unfit for human habitation […]

  • Claim of Privilege

    Resources See Also See privilege.

  • Clause

    Definition of Clause In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Clause : 1. A subdivision of a document. A clause of a written contract contains a term or provision of the contract. Clauses are usually numbered consecutively (1, 2, etc.); subclauses may follow a […]

  • Clean Hands

    Definition of Clean Hands In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Clean Hands : A phrase from a *maxim of equity; he who comes to equity must come with clean hands, i.e. a person who makes a claim in equity must be free from any taint of fraud…

  • Clerk to the Justices

    Definition of Clerk To The Justices In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Clerk To The Justices : (clerk to the justices, justices' clerk, magistrates' clerk) A person who has a five-year magistrates' court qualification, or a barrister or […]

  • Claim Form

    Definition of Claim Form In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Claim Form : (in civil proceedings) A formal written statement setting out details of the claimant: defendant, .and the remedy being sought. The claim form may also contain details of the claim […]