In old English law . A caru- cate or plow-land.

A CORPORATE FINANCE transaction where a company segregates a portion of its business, places it in a separate corporate entity , and sells it to a third party or floats […]

An attempt, usually unsuccessful under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute because it fosters unit fragmentation , to carve out (or sever)–usually along occupational lines (firefighters, nurses)–a subgroup of employees […]

In the law of insurance. A fortuitous event ; an inevitable accident .

Refer to Chemical Abstracts Service registration number.

A phrase used to denote (in contradistinction to “prAp- pointed evidence”) all such evidence as happens to be addueible of a fact or event, but which was not prescribed by […]

Una casa de huéspedes no está en el lenguaje común o en sentido jurídico, cada casa privada, donde uno o más internos se mantienen solo ocasionalmente y bajo consideraciones especiales. […]

In old English law . A house with land sufficient for the support of one family. Otherwise called “hida,” a hide of land, and by Bede, “familia.” Spelman.

A vassal or feudal tenant possessing a casata; that is, having a house, household, and property of his own.

1. A general term for an action, cause, suit, or controversy , at law or in equity; a question contested before a court of justice; an aggregate of facts which […]

A formal written enumeration of the facts in a case, assented to by both parties as correct and complete, and submitted to the court by their agreement, in order that […]

Broadly construed, is the process of solving new problems based on the solutions of similar past problems. An auto mechanic who fixes an engine by recalling another car that exhibited […]

The most common type of binding for hardcover books. Printed sheets in the form of signatures are fastened together, and a hard front and back cover and spine are attached.

the term that is used when a case is thrown out of court without any consideration for trial.

In English divorce and probate practice, when a party desires to make a motion, he must file, among other papers, a case for motion , containing an abstract of the […]

The portion of a trial whereby the party with the BURDEN OF PROOF in the case presents its evidence. The term differs from a rebuttal, whereby a party seeks to […]

This term is used to describe a point of law that is based on a previous decision of another court that is presenting the same legal problem.

A professional name for the aggregate of reported cases as forming a body of jurisprudence ; or for the law of a particular subject as evidenced or formed by the […]

A mystery novel written by Michael Crichton under the pseudonym Jeffery Hudson. It was first published in 1968 by The World Publishing Company (New York) and won an Edgar Award […]

In American practice. Before the argument in the appellate court of a case brought there for review, the appellant’s counsel prepares a document or brief, bearing this name, for the […]

A statement in writing of the facts proved on the trial of a cause, drawn up and settled by the attorneys and counsel for the respective parties under the supervision […]

A process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time.

the study of the law through examine, perusing, researching and gaining knowledge of cases that are important.

In practice . A case prepared by the party against whom a verdict has been given, upon which to move the court to set aside the verdict and grant a […]

Text sometimes exhibits case sensitivity ; that is, words can differ in meaning based on differing use of uppercase and lowercase letters. Words with capital letters do not always have […]