Tag: FO
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Foster Child
Definition of Foster Child In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Foster Child : A child who is cared for by someone other than its natural or adopted parents or a person having parental responsibility (See foster parent). Local authorities are obliged by law […]
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Footpath
Definition of Footpath In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Footpath : Under the Highways Act 1980, any *highway (other than a *footway) over which the public have a right of way on foot only.
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Footpath
Definition of Footpath In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Footpath : Under the Highways Act 1980, any *highway (other than a *footway) over which the public have a right of way on foot only.
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Foreign Law
Definition of Foreign Law In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Foreign Law : For the purposes of *private international law, any legal system other than that of England. A foreign legal system may be the system of a foreign state (one recognized by public […]
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Foreclose Down
Resources See Also See redeem up, foreclose down.
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Foreclose Down
Resources See Also See redeem up, foreclose down.
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Forcible Entry
Definition of Forcible Entry In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Forcible Entry : A common-law offence (as amended by various statutes) that applied under certain circumstances when force was used to gain entry to premises. The common-law offence has been […]
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Forcible Entry
Definition of Forcible Entry In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Forcible Entry : A common-law offence (as amended by various statutes) that applied under certain circumstances when force was used to gain entry to premises. The common-law offence has been […]
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Foresight
Definition of Foresight In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Foresight : Awareness at the time of doing an act that a certain consequence may result. In the case of some crimes (e.g. *wounding with intent) an *intention by the accused to bring about a […]
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Forties Field
Forties Field History Largest oilfield ever discovered in the North Sea. Found in the 1960s and has produced continuously since 1975.
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Forum Shopping
Definition of Forum Shopping In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Forum Shopping : The practice of choosing a country in which to bring a legal case through the courts on the basis of which country's laws are the most favourable. In some instances there […]
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Foreign Judgments
Definition of Foreign Judgments In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Foreign Judgments : The *judgment of a foreign court may be enforced in England provided that the foreign court was competent and that the judgment is for a definite sum and is final and […]
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Foster Parent
Definition of Foster Parent In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Foster Parent : A person looking after a *foster child. Foster parents have no legal rights over the children they foster, who may be removed from their care by their parents or legal […]
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Forgery
Definition of Forgery In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Forgery : The offence of making a false instrument in order that it may be accepted as genuine, thereby causing harm to others. Under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, an instrument may be a […]
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Forgery
Definition of Forgery In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Forgery : The offence of making a false instrument in order that it may be accepted as genuine, thereby causing harm to others. Under the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, an instrument may be a […]