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organic law : the body of laws (as in a constitution or charter) that form the original foundation of a government ;also : one of the laws that make up such a body ...
Burschenschaft
In Germany any of various associations of university students formed the original one at Jena in 1815 to support liberal ideas or the organization formed by the affiliation of the local bodies The organization was suppressed by the government in 1819 but was secretly revived and is now openly maintained as a social organization the restrictive laws having been repealed prior to 1849...
Damages
Damages, constitute the sum of money claimed or adjudged to be paid in compensation for loss or injury sustained, the value estimated in money, of something lost or withheld, Divisional Controller K.S.R.T.C. v. Mahadeva Shetty, (2003) 7 SCC 197 (202).The expression 'damages' is neither vague nor over-wide. It has more than one signification but the precise import in a given context is not difficult to discern. A plurality of variants stemming out of a core concept is seen in such words as actual damages, civil damages, compensatory damages, consequential damages, contingent damages, continuing damages, double damages, excessive damages, exemplary damages, general damages, irreparable damages, pecuniary damages, prospective damages, special damages, speculative damages, substantial damages, unliquidated damages. But the essentials are (a) detriment to one by the wrongdoing of another, (b) reparation awarded to the injured through legal remedies, and (c) its quantum being determined by t...
Histonomy
The science which treats of the laws relating to organic tissues their formation development functions etc...
Morphonomy
The laws of organic formation...
public law
public law 1 : an enactment of a legislature that affects the public at large throughout the entire territory (as a state or nation) which is subject to the jurisdiction of the legislature or within a particular subdivision of its jurisdiction : general law called also public act public statute compare local law 2 a : the area of law that deals with the relations of individuals with the state and regulates the organization and conduct of government compare private law b : international law regulating the relations among sovereign states or nations as distinguished from private international law ...
outlaw
outlaw [Old English tlaga, from Old Norse tlagi, from t out + lag lg law] 1 : a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law [a trespasser is not an ] 2 : a lawless person or a fugitive from the law 3 : a person or organization (as a nation) under a ban or restriction or considered to be in defiance of norms or laws [considered an for its support of terrorism] vt : to make illegal out·law·ry [at-lȯr-ē] n ...
department of homeland security (dhs)
department of homeland security (dhs) DHS is comprised of three main organizations responsible for immigration policies, procedures, implementation and enforcement of U.S. laws, and more. These DHS organizations include U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Together they provide the basic governmental framework for regulating the flow of visitors, workers and immigrants to the United States. USCIS is responsible for the approval of all immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions, the authorization of permission to work in the U.S., the issuance of extensions of stay, change or adjustment of an applicant's status while the applicant is in the U.S, and more. CBP is responsible for admission of all travelers seeking entry into the U.S., and determining the length of authorized stay, if the traveler is admitted. Once in the United States the traveler falls under the jurisdiction of DHS...
commercial law
commercial law : the legal rules and principles bearing on commercial transactions and business organizations see also Uniform Commercial Code in the Important Laws section ...
Bailor
Bailor, means a person who delivers personal property to another, as a bailment, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 137.Means an individual or entity (as a business organization) placing personal property in the possession of another under a bailment, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 42.Bailor, in relation to a contract for the hire of goods, means (depending on the context) a person who bails the goods under the contract, or a person who agrees to do so, or a person to whom the duties under the contract of either of those persons have passed, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, 4th Edn., Para 1853, p. 871....
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