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Heteronomy

Subordination or subjection to the law of another political subjection of a community or state opposed to autonomy

Godliness

Careful observance of or conformity to the laws of God the state or quality of being godly piety … Careful observance of or conformity to the laws of God the state or quality of being godly piety

Eviction

The act or process of evicting or state of being evicted the recovery of lands tenements etc from anothers possession by due course of law dispossession

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Effendi

Master sir a Turkish title of respect applied esp to a state official or man of learning as one learned in the law but often simply as the courtesy title

Disafforest

To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground to exempt from forest laws … To reduce from the privileges of a forest to the state of common ground to exempt from forest laws

try

investigate judicially [no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law "U.S. Constitution amend. VII"] [in all actions tried upon

master in chancery

court of equity NOTE: Since courts of law and equity have been merged in the federal and most state systems, the master in chancery has been replaced by the master.

trademark act

trademark act Trademark Act of 1946 (currently contained in Chapter 22 of Title 15 of the United States Code); the major body of U.S. law that governs federal registration of trademarks. Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark

strict scrutiny

that allegedly violates equal protection in order to determine if it is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest see also intermediate, rational basis test … strict scrutiny : the highest level of judicial scrutiny that is applied esp. to a law that allegedly violates equal protection in order to determine if it is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling

status

in the eyes of the law b : position or rank in relation to others 2 : a state of affairs [the of the negotiations]

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