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legislative rule
legislative rule : a rule adopted by a government agency in accordance with the notice and comment requirements of the
Next below rule
Next below rule, the 'next below rule' is not a rule of any independent application. It sets out only the guiding
Decree
Decree [fr. decretum, Lat.], an edict, a law. The term was also used for the judgment of a Court of Equity. But by the (English) Judicature Acts, 1873 and 1875, the expression judgment, which was formerly...
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decree
decree [Old French decré, from Latin decretum, from neuter of decretus, past participle of decernere to decide] 1 : an order having the force of law [by judicial ] 2 : a judicial decision esp. in...
Statutory Rules and Orders
Statutory Rules and Orders. Very numerous Acts of Parliament, especially those passed in recent years, empower the Sovereign in Council,
rule of reason
rule of reason :a standard used in restraint of trade actions that requires the plaintiff to show and the
Unus Nullus Rule, The
Unus Nullus Rule, The, the rule of evidence which obtains in the Civil Law, that the testimony of one witness is
Rule of procedure
Rule of procedure, each House has the absolute right of interpreting its rules; courts have no power to interfere
Rule absolute
Rule absolute, means a rule to show cause upon which on hearing, the court has made a peremptory order,
McNabb-Mallory rule
McNabb-Mallory rule, Criminal Procedure the doctrine that a confession is inadmissible if obtained during an reasonably long detention period between
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