Tag: Long Read
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Scutage
Scutage before the Carta Magna Introduction The Crown did not always insist on personal service, but was frequently willing to accept a commutation in the form of a money payment. The subject of scutage is one of the most vexed of questions, all received opinions of yesterday having to–day […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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County
Definition of County In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of County : A first-tier *local government area in England (outside Greater London) or Wales. The Local Government Act 1972 created 45 counties for England and 8 for Wales, dividing the former into […]
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County
Definition of County In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of County : A first-tier *local government area in England (outside Greater London) or Wales. The Local Government Act 1972 created 45 counties for England and 8 for Wales, dividing the former into […]
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Courts
Introduction to Courts Courts in the United Kingdom, judicial institutions charged with resolving disputes in law, either between citizens, or between citizens and government organs. There are three legal systems in the United Kingdom: one for England and Wales, one for Scotland, and one […]
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Arbitration
Definition of Arbitration In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Arbitration : The determination of a dispute by one or more independent third parties (the arbitrators) rather than by a court. Arbitrators are appointed by the parties in accordance with […]
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Fine
Definition of Fine In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Fine : 1. A sum of money that an offender is ordered to pay on convictio Most *summary offences are punishable by a fine with a fixed maximum, in accordance with a standard scale of five levels. These…
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Process
Concept of Process The following is an old definition of Process [1], a term which has several meanings:1. Something issuing out of a court or from a judge; a writ of any nature. At common law, the means of compelling the defendant to appear in court. In criminal practice, its office is to […]
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Process
Concept of Process The following is an old definition of Process [1], a term which has several meanings:1. Something issuing out of a court or from a judge; a writ of any nature. At common law, the means of compelling the defendant to appear in court. In criminal practice, its office is to […]
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Patent
Concept of Patent The following is an old definition of Patent [1], a term which has several meanings:1 (1) Open to inspection; not closed by sealing. Grants by the king of lands, honors, liberties, franchises, etc., are contained in charters or letters-patent, that is, open letters: not […]
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Patent
Concept of Patent The following is an old definition of Patent [1], a term which has several meanings:1 (1) Open to inspection; not closed by sealing. Grants by the king of lands, honors, liberties, franchises, etc., are contained in charters or letters-patent, that is, open letters: not […]
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USA: How to Read Statutes, tambien Chapter 6
How to Read Statutes Most legal research projects involve finding out what the law “is” in a particular circumstance. this usually involves finding a statute and then deciding how a court would interpret it given the facts in your situation. Courts consider it their responsibility to carry out the legislature’s will as expressed in its…