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conflict of laws

conflict of laws :opposition or conflict between the applicable laws of different states or jurisdictions regarding the rights of the parties

Law abiding

Abiding the law waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights also abiding by the law obedient to

choice of law

choice of law :an issue in conflicts of law as to what law (as among laws of different states or multiple

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common-law

common-law 1 : of, relating to, or based on the common law [common-law immunity] 2 : relating to or based on a common-law marriage [her common-law husband]

common-law

common-law 1 : of, relating to, or based on the common law [common-law immunity] 2 : relating to or based on a common-law marriage [her common-law husband]

case law

case law : law established by judicial decisions in cases as distinguished from law created by legislation called also decisional

federal common law

federal common law : case law developed in the federal courts see also Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins in the Important

general law

general law : a law that is unrestricted as to time, is applicable throughout the entire territory subject to the

martial law

martial law 1 : the law applied in occupied territory by the military authority of the occupying power 2 :

natural law

natural law : a body of law or a specific principle of law that is held to be derived from

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