Tag: Judicial Function
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Statutory Construction
Definition of Statutory Construction Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Statutory Construction legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia Interpretation of legislative enactments by the courts. Statutory construction is one of the primary interpretative functions of the […]
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Code
Definition of Code Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Code legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia A collection of laws and regulations that are in effect in a particular political system. A code brings together statutes or other rules under some systematic arrangement, […]
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Jurisprudence
Definition of Jurisprudence Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Jurisprudence legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia The science and philosophy of law. Jurisprudence has come to include the examination of legal ideas, theories, and analyses based on inquiry developed in […]
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Jurisprudence
Definition of Jurisprudence Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Jurisprudence legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia The science and philosophy of law. Jurisprudence has come to include the examination of legal ideas, theories, and analyses based on inquiry developed in […]
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Adjudication
Definition of Adjudication Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Adjudication legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia The judicial act of making a judgment in a legal action. Adjudication involves formal decision making processes as a court moves to a final judgment in a […]
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Adjudication
Definition of Adjudication Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Adjudication legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia The judicial act of making a judgment in a legal action. Adjudication involves formal decision making processes as a court moves to a final judgment in a […]
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Controversy
Definition of Controversy Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Controversy legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia A properly asserted legal claim made in a manner appropriate for judicial response. A case or controversy may be decided by federal courts under Article III of […]
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Controversy
Definition of Controversy Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Controversy legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia A properly asserted legal claim made in a manner appropriate for judicial response. A case or controversy may be decided by federal courts under Article III of […]
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Constitutional Law
Definition of Constitutional Law Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Constitutional Law legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia The aspect of public law that deals with the organic or fundamental law of a political system. Constitutional law addresses itself to the basic […]
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Constitutional Law
Definition of Constitutional Law Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Constitutional Law legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia The aspect of public law that deals with the organic or fundamental law of a political system. Constitutional law addresses itself to the basic […]
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Arbitration
Definition of Arbitration Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Arbitration legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia The submission of a dispute to an impartial third party selected by the disputants whose decision is binding on the parties. Arbitration is a legally authorized […]
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Arbitration
Definition of Arbitration Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Arbitration legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia The submission of a dispute to an impartial third party selected by the disputants whose decision is binding on the parties. Arbitration is a legally authorized […]
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Precedent
Definition of Precedent Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Precedent legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia A previous court ruling on a question of law. A precedent is recognized as providing a basis for resolving identical or similar cases coming before courts at a later […]
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Civil Law
Definition of Civil Law Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Civil Law legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia Law concerned with private rights and remedies. Civil law is different from criminal law in that it focuses on transactions of a private kind. Criminal law, on the […]
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Civil Law
Definition of Civil Law Note: See a more comprehensive approach to the Civil Law legal concept in the American Law Encyclopedia Law concerned with private rights and remedies. Civil law is different from criminal law in that it focuses on transactions of a private kind. Criminal law, on the […]