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immigration and nationality act (ina)

immigration and nationality act (ina) American immigration law. The Immigration and Nationality Act, or INA, was created in 1952, Public Law No. 82-414. The INA has been amended many times over the years, but is still the basic body of immigration law. See INA for additional information. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...

discretionary

discretionary : left to discretion : exercised at one's own discretion ;specif : relating to the policy-making function of a public official see also Federal Tort Claims Act in the Important Laws section compare ministerial NOTE: A public official generally has qualified immunity from lawsuits that arise from his or her discretionary acts. ...

slip law

slip law [slip from the fact that it was printed on a single piece of paper] : an initial separate publication of a new statute made prior to its inclusion in the general laws ...

Jus sacrum

Jus sacrum, means 'sacred 'law'. The body of law regulating matters of public worship such as sacrifices and the appointment of priests, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 868....

Jus non sacrum

Jus non sacrum, means 'non-sacred law'. The body of law regulating the duties of a civil magistrate in preserving the public order, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 866....

jurisconsult

jurisconsult [Latin jurisconsultus, from juris, genitive of jus law, right + consultus, past participle of consulere to consult] : jurist ;esp : one learned in international and public law ...

Blue Book

Blue Book, means a compilation of session laws; a volume formerly published to give parallel citation tables for a volume in the National Reporter system; A Government publication such as a Royal Commission Report, issued in blue paper covers, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 165....

paraph

paraph in the civil law of Louisiana : the signature of a notary public on a document accompanied by a date, identification of parties, seal, or other required elements vt in the civil law of Louisiana : to affix a paraph to [ed the mortgage] ;also : to include (as particular words) in a paraph ...

Civil death

Civil death. A man is said to be civilly dead (civiliter mortuus) when he has been attainted of treason or felony, and, in former times, when he adjured the realm or went into a monastery. The (English) Forfeiture Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 23), provides that after the passing of that Act no confession, verdict, inquest, conviction, or judgment of or for any treason or felony, or felo de se, shall cause any attainder or corruption of blood, or any forfeiture or escheat.At common law, the loss of rights. Such as the rights to vote, make contracts, inherit, hold public office and sue, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Civil death, where a property-owner has not been heard of for more than seven years and is therefore treated as having died a civil death, Sheo Nand v. Deputy Director of Consolidation, Allahabad, (2000) 3 SCC 103....

Idiota

Idiota, means (Civil law) (1) An unlearned, simple person (2) A private person; one not in public office, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 749....

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