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Lex est sanctio sancta, jubens honesta, et prohibens contraria

sanctio sancta, jubens honesta, et prohibens contraria [Lat.], Law is a sacred sanction, commanding what is proper and forbidding what is not

Imbargo

Imbargo. See EMBARGO. An official order forbidding something esp. trade with another country.

Felo de se

the hours of burial, and allowing, by permission of the ordinary, a religious service, the Prayer Book expressly forbidding the use of the Burial Service therein contained in the case of those who die 'laying violent hands

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Exoneratione secta ad curiam baron

issued by the guardian of the Crown's ward, and addressed to the sheriff or stewards of the Court, forbidding them to distrain him, etc., for not doing suit of Court, etc., Ibid.

Communia placita nontenenda in scaccario

Communia placita nontenenda in scaccario, an ancient writ directed to the Treasurer and barons of the Exchequer, forbidding them to hold pleas between common persons (i.e., not debtors to the king, who alone originally sued and

Charge

accusation made against a person in respect of an act committed or omitted in violation of penal law forbidding or commanding it. In other words, it is an accusation made against a person in respect of an

Army Brokerage Acts (UK)

Army Brokerage Acts (UK), 5 & 6 Edw. 6, c.16; 49 Geo. 3, c. 126, Acts forbidding the purchase of offices; so called by 38 & 39 Vict. c.16, the Regimental Exchanges Act, 1875

Prohibition

145. In India the Supreme Court and High Court issue the writ of prohibition to an inferior Tribunal forbidding it from continuing with a proceeding therein on the ground that to proceeding is without or in excess

Fraud

concealment by which one person obtains an advantage against conscience over another or which equity or public policy forbids as being prejudicial to another. In Black's Legal Dictionary, fraud is defined as an intentional perversion of truth

Censor

sent to the Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household, who will issue a license for its production or forbid it for the 'preservation of good manners, decorum, or the public peace.' See THEATRE; CINEMATOGRAPH. Roman Law. A

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