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Cinque ports
Cinque portsEnglish law. Literally, five ports. The name by which tho five ports of Hastings, Ramenhale, Hetha or Hethe, Dover, and Sandwich, are known. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Law A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system. Name One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Christian One who believes or assents to the doctrines of Christianity, as taught by Jesus Christ in the New Testament, or who, being born of Christian parents or in a Christian country, does not profess any other religion, or does not belong to any one of the other religious divisions of man. Hale v. Everett, 53 N.H. 50 (1868). See Name, 1. Christianity The religion established by Jesus Christ. Chronological Arranged in the order in which events happened; according to date. Church A temple or building consecrated to the Honor of God and religion; or, an assembly of persons, united by the profession of the same Christian faith, met together for all religious worship. Robertson v. Bullions, 9 Barb. 95 (1850). The civil courts have only to do with the rights of property. When a right of property depends on a civil court question, and that question has been decided by the highest tribunal within the religious organization to which it has been carried, the civil courts accept that decision as final. Relations of Civil Law to Church Policy (1875) Hon. William Strong; Watson v. Jones, 13 Wall. 713, 722-31 (1871). Church-warden An officer whose duties are, as the name implies, to take care of, or guard the church. Cinque ports Circuit A division of country visited by a judge for the dispensing of justice, as for the trial of causes; also, the periodical journey itself. Circuit court The name of a court of the United States, which has both civil and criminal jurisdiction. In several of the states there are courts which bear this name. Circuits Certain divisions of the country, appointed for particular judges to visit for the trial of causes, or for the administration of justice. Circuity of action Practice, remedies. It is where a party, by bringing an action, gives an action to the defendant against him. Circular indemnity clause In such a clause, the cargo owner stipulates that no claim will be made against the carrier's agents, servants, stevedores, terminal operators and subcontractors and that if a claim is made, the cargo owner will indemnify the carrier against all consequences. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Cinque ports. If you have a better definition for Cinque ports than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Cinque ports may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Cinque ports and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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