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personal right

personal right : a right that is based on one's status as an individual and does not derive from property … personal right : a right that is based on one's status as an individual and does not derive from property

demand

demand 1 : a formal request or call for something (as payment for a debt) esp. based on a right or made with force [a shareholder must first make a on the corporation's board of … 1 : a formal request or call for something (as payment for a debt) esp. based on a right or made with force [a shareholder must first make a on the corporation's board of directors to act

civil rights act

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Quia timet

future injury that cannot be prevented by the present action. The doctrine of 'quia timet' permits equitable relief based on a concern over future probable injury to certain rights or interest, where anticipated future injury cannot be

Purpure

Purple represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon or from sinister chief to dexter base … Purple represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon or from sinister chief to dexter base

civil

the English common law see also the Judicial System in the back matter 4 : relating to private rights and to judicial proceedings in connection with them ;esp : relating to legal matters other than those characterized … : marked by public order : peaceable in behavior 3 : of or relating to a legal system based on Roman law as opposed to the English common law see also the Judicial System in the back

Conversion and detinue

it to the right person, he can be sued as for a conversion. The action of detinue is based upon a wrongful detention of the plaintiff's chattel by the defendant, evidence by a refusal to deliver it … is an act of wilful interference, without lawful justification, with any chattel in a manner inconsistent with the right of another, whereby that other is deprived of the use and possession of it. If a carrier or

Maritime lien

it is enforced by an action. It is a right which springs from general maritime law and is based on the concept as if the ship itself caused the harm, loss or damage to others or to … AIR 2003 SC 24 (29): (2003) 1 SCC 305. There are two attributes to maritime lien: (a) a right to a part of the property in the res; and (b) a privileged claim upon a ship, aircraft

Jurisdiction of suspicion

object is to prevent a greater danger to national security and integrity than any claim which could be based upon a right, moral or legal, to individual liberty. It has been aptly described as a 'jurisdiction of … prevent a greater danger to national security and integrity than any claim which could be based upon a right, moral or legal, to individual liberty. It has been aptly described as a 'jurisdiction of suspicion', Additional District

elective

1 a : chosen by popular election [an official] b : of or relating to election c : based on the right or principle of election [the presidency is an office] 2 a : permitting a choice … chosen by popular election [an official] b : of or relating to election c : based on the right or principle of election [the presidency is an office] 2 a : permitting a choice compare compulsory b

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