Condemned - Law Dictionary Search Results
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condemn 1 : to impose a penalty on ;esp : to sentence to death 2 : to adjudge unfit for use or consumption 3 : to declare convertible to public use under the right of eminent domain : take con·dem·nable [kən-dem-nə-bəl, -de-mə-] adj con·dem·na·tion [kÄ n-dem-nā-shən] n con·demn·er or con·dem·nor [kən-de-mər, -dem-nȯr] n ...
inverse condemnation
inverse condemnation : an action brought against the government by a landowner to obtain just compensation for a taking of property effected without a formal exercise of eminent domain ;also : the taking alleged in such an action ...
Condemnable
Worthy of condemnation blamable culpable...
Condemnation
The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong censure blame disapprobation...
Condemner
One who condemns or censures...
Self condemnation
Condemnation of ones self by ones own judgment...
Prize Court
Prize Court. This is an international tribunal, existing only by virtue of a special commission under the Great Seal, during war or until the litigations incident to war have been brought to a conclusion. It is frequently confounded with the Court of Admiralty, in consequence, perhaps, of the same judge having usually presided in both courts; but this is a mistake, for the whole system of litigation and jurisprudence in the prize Court, though exceedingly important, is peculiar to itself, and is governed by rules not applying to the Instance Court of the Admiralty (now part of the High Court), which is a mere civil tribunal.The old Court of Admiralty had in fact from very ancient times two separate and distinct jurisdictions--the Instance Jurisdiction and the Prize Jurisdiction, though the real origin of the latter is wrapped in obscurity. When the High Court of Admiralty became merged in the High Court of Justice, (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 23, replacing the (English) Jud. Act, 1891...
Main Pot
Main Pot : a step in calculating tax liability under Internal Revenue Code section 1231 in which all qualified transactions are netted to determine if the result is a loss or gain called also Big Pot Hodge Podge hotchpot; compare casualty pot NOTE: The transactions netted in the Main Pot are as follows: casualties in the Casualty Pot if they have netted a gain; sales, exchanges, or condemnations of depreciable or real property used in a business for more than one year; and condemnations of capital assets held for more than one year in connection with a trade or business or transaction entered into for profit. If the net result is a gain, then the transactions are treated as long-term capital gains and losses. ...
Condemnatory
Condemning containing or imposing condemnation or censure as a condemnatory sentence or decree...
double standard
a standard or set of principles governing conduct which is applied more stringently or differently to one group of people than to another used especially of standards of sexual behavior that condemn behavior on the part of women that is condoned or not condemned when exhibited by men...
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