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Key-number system
indexing system developed by West Publishing Company to Catalogue American case law with headnotes. In this system, a number designates a
jurisdiction
also situs International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section compare venue NOTE: Jurisdiction determines which court system should
certiorari
Supreme Court) to call up the records of a particular case from an inferior judicial body (as a Court of Appeals) … body (as a Court of Appeals) see also the Judicial System in the back matter compare appeal NOTE: Certiorari is one
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Case system
primarily a historical and inductive study of leading or selected cases with or without the use of textbooks for reference and … The system of teaching law in which the instruction is primarily a
Biological weapons
and, (ii) weapons, equipment or delivery systems specially designated to case such agents or toxins for hostile purposes or in armed … or other peaceful purposes and, (ii) weapons, equipment or delivery systems specially designated to case such agents or toxins for hostile
Ballot
as far as possible one or more members and in case no sitting member is available in the presence of a … small ball or ticket used for indicating a vote; the system of choosing persons for office by marking a paper or
Adversary system
unhindered parties contesting with each other to put forth a case before an independent decision-maker, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. … Adversary system, means a procedural system, such as the Anglo-American Legal System,
Electricity system
the control of a generating company or licensee, as the case may be, having one or more:- (a) generating stations; or … Electricity system, 'electricity system' means a sys-tem under the control of a
Domicile
domicile by operation of law. The first is the common case of the place of birth, domicilium originis; the second is … a foreign element, with a territory subject to a single system of law, which is regarded as his personal law. A
Euclidean zoning
et al. v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365 (1926), case in which the Supreme Court upheld the right of a … upheld the right of a locality to enforce such a system] : a system of zoning whereby a town or community
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