Skip to content

Character - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

Indecent prints or books

oath that the complainant believes that such books are there, and that one or more of the like character have been 'sold, distributed, exhibited, lent or otherwise published,' and on the magistrate, etc., being satisfied that any

Hawkers and pedlars

the year immediately preceding, is grantable by the Inland Revenue on the production of a certificate of good character from a clergyman and two householders of the parish of residence, or a justice of the peace or

Godly

Pious reverencing God and his character and laws obedient to the commands of God from love for and reverence of his character conformed to

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Adverse possession

trust, principal or persons for whom they are acting or may be presumed to be acting until the character of the possession is changed. See Nepean v. Doe, (1834) 2 M&W 894, Sm. L. C., Carson's R.

mark

mark 1 : a character usually in the form of a cross or X that is made as a substitute for a signature

witness

a criminal defendant relies in establishing an alibi char·ac·ter witness : a witness who testifies as to the character or reputation esp. of a criminal defendant : a witness who gives character evidence expert witness : a

reputation

reputation : overall quality or character as seen or judged by people in general within a community see also character evidence at evidence reputation

Characteristic

Pertaining to or serving to constitute the character showing the character or distinctive qualities or traits of a person or thing peculiar distinctive

Depravity

The state of being depraved or corrupted a vitiated state of moral character general badness of character wickedness of mind or heart absence of religious feeling and principle

Goodwill

in another business. And yet because of its intangible nature, it remains insubstantial in form and nebulous in character. Those features prompted Lord Macnaghten to remark in C. I. R. v. Muller & Co.'s Margarine Limited that

  • Last »

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial