Skip to content

Plainly - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

Pedionomus

A genus of birds including the plains wanderer Pedionomus torquatus of New South Wales as its only species It is the only genus of the family Pedionomidae of the order Passeriformes and the plains wanderer is...

Peneplain

A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain but not wholly devoid of hills a base level plain

Beria, Berie, or Berry

Beria, Berie, or Berry, a large open field. Those cities and towns in England which end with this word are built on plain and open places, and do not derive their names from boroughs, as Spelman...

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Inadvertent discovery

Inadvertent discovery means a law-enforcement officer's unexpected finding of incriminating evid-ence in plain view. Even though this type of evidence is obtained with a warrant, it can be used against the accused under the plain-view exception...

Interpretation of Statute

Interpretation of Statute, it is well-settled that in construing the provisions of statute the Courts should be slow to adopt a construction which tends to make any part of the statute meaningless or ineffective. Thus, an...

Processing

Processing, in common parlance 'processing' is understood as an action which brings forth some change or alteration of the goods or material which is subjected to the act of processing. 'What is necessary in order to...

Wharf

Wharf, a broad plain place, near some creek or haven, to lay goods and wares on that are brought to or from the water. See Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict....

seizure

seizure : the act, fact, or process of seizing: as a : the seizing of property that involves meaningful interference with a person's possessory interest in it [ of evidence found in plain view] see also...

Descant

Originally a double song a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor a variation of an air a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song

Stare decisis

supreme appellate Court will not shrink from overruling a decision, or series of decisions, which establish a doctrine plainly outside the statute and outside the common law, when no title and no contract will be shaken, no

  • Last »

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


Plainly - Law Dictionary Search Results

Research workspace

Save terms and build your research trail

A free trial unlocks notes, tags, search history, and the full AI Studio desk for judgment research.

Pedionomus

A genus of birds including the plains wanderer Pedionomus torquatus of New South Wales as its only species It is the only genus of the family Pedionomidae of the order Passeriformes and the plains wanderer is...

Peneplain

A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain but not wholly devoid of hills a base level plain

Beria, Berie, or Berry

Beria, Berie, or Berry, a large open field. Those cities and towns in England which end with this word are built on plain and open places, and do not derive their names from boroughs, as Spelman...

Keep your definitions linked to case research

Inadvertent discovery

Inadvertent discovery means a law-enforcement officer's unexpected finding of incriminating evid-ence in plain view. Even though this type of evidence is obtained with a warrant, it can be used against the accused under the plain-view exception...

Interpretation of Statute

Interpretation of Statute, it is well-settled that in construing the provisions of statute the Courts should be slow to adopt a construction which tends to make any part of the statute meaningless or ineffective. Thus, an...

Processing

Processing, in common parlance 'processing' is understood as an action which brings forth some change or alteration of the goods or material which is subjected to the act of processing. 'What is necessary in order to...

Wharf

Wharf, a broad plain place, near some creek or haven, to lay goods and wares on that are brought to or from the water. See Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict....

seizure

seizure : the act, fact, or process of seizing: as a : the seizing of property that involves meaningful interference with a person's possessory interest in it [ of evidence found in plain view] see also...

Descant

Originally a double song a melody or counterpoint sung above the plain song of the tenor a variation of an air a variation by ornament of the main subject or plain song

Stare decisis

supreme appellate Court will not shrink from overruling a decision, or series of decisions, which establish a doctrine plainly outside the statute and outside the common law, when no title and no contract will be shaken, no

  • Last »

Try the research workspace - 7 days free


AI Briefs · Semantic Search · Save & annotate judgments

Start your 7-day free trial