Last Resort - Law Dictionary Search Results
Last resort
Matched in: Term Last resort
court of last resort
Matched in: Term court of last resort
Resort
Matched in: Term Resort
Keep your definitions linked to case research
court of appeals
and a court of civil appeals. In the District of Columbia, Maryland, and New York the court of last resort is called the Court of Appeals, and the intermediate court in Maryland is called the Court of Special … the intermediate court in Maryland is called the Court of Special Appeals. In West Virginia the court of last resort is called the Supreme Court of Appeals. In England the Court of Appeal is a division of the
supreme court
over controversies involving ambassadors or other ministers or consuls but whose main activity is as the court of last resort exercising appellate jurisdiction over cases involving federal law 2 cap S&C : a court of original jurisdiction in … federal law 2 cap S&C : a court of original jurisdiction in New York NOTE: The court of last resort in New York is the Court of Appeals.
Impeachment
crime; in modern times rarely been resorted to, though informer periods of our history of frequent occurrence. The last memorable cases are those of Warren Hastings, in 1788, and Lord Melville, in 1805. As to the procedure, … or other high crimes and misdemeanours, or of a peer for any crime; in modern times rarely been resorted to, though informer periods of our history of frequent occurrence. The last memorable cases are those of Warren
Supreme Judicial Court
Supreme Judicial Court : the court of last resort in Maine and Massachusetts
Stare decisis
by competent authority. It requires that rules of law when clearly announced and established by a court of last resort should not be lightly disregarded and set aside but should be adhered to and followed. What it precludes
Respondentia
in bottomry, but upon the goods and merchandise contained in it, in cases of extreme urgency, as a last resort and where communication with the owners is impossible in the circumstances. The shipowner must indemnify the owner of
Cassation
quash], a making null and void any unjust or illegal act or decision; also a decision in the last resort, Fr. Law. The 'Cour de Cassation' is the Highest Court of Appeal in France.
- ‹ Prev
- 2
- Next ›
- Last »
Try the research workspace - 7 days free