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general law

general law : a law that is unrestricted as to time, is applicable throughout the entire territory subject to the power of the legislature that enacted it, and applies to all persons in the same class...

conflict of laws

conflict of laws :opposition or conflict between the applicable laws of different states or jurisdictions regarding the rights of the parties in a case ;also : a branch of law that deals with the resolution of...

Criminal Law

Criminal Law. Consult Archbold's Criminal Pleading; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Criminal Law'; Stephen's Digest of the Criminal Law; Russell on Crimes; and see titles ARSON, ASSAULT, BURGLARY, EMBEZZLE-MENT, FALSE PRETENCES, LARCENY, MAN-SLAUGHTER, MURDER, RAPE, TREASON, and WOUNDING....

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Special law

Special law, a 'special law' is a law applicable to a particular subject. [Indian Penal Code, s. 41] --the expression special law means a provision of law, which is not applicable generally but which applies to...

Muslim law

Muslim law, the concept of Muslim Law is based upon the edifice of Shariat, Muslim Law as traditionally interpreted and applied in India permits more than one marriage during the subsistence of one and another though...

Law Reform (UK)

Law Reform (UK). By the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), all causes of action shall with certain exceptions survive on the death (after the 24th July, 1934) of...

Law of persons

Law of persons, means the law relating to persons; the law that pertains to the different statuses of persons. This is also commonly known as the jus personarum, a shortened form of jus quodad personas pertinent...

Law of competence

Law of competence, means a law establishing and defining the powers of a government, official, including the circumstances under which the official's pronouncements constitute laws. Also termed power-delegating law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 893.

Judge made law

Judge made law, there is in fact no such thing as Judge-made law, for the judges to not make the law, they frequently have to apply existing law to circumstances as to which it has not...

federal common law

federal common law : case law developed in the federal courts see also Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins in the Important Cases section NOTE: Federal common law is applied primarily in admiralty and maritime cases, disputes...

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