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Clean hands
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Clean handsA maxim of the law to the effect that any person, individual or corporate, that wishes to ask or petition a court for judicial action, must be in a position free of fraud or other unfair conduct.
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Maxim
An established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted, as being just and consonant With reason.
Effect
The operation of a law, of an agreement, or an act, is called its effect.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Petition
An instrument of writing or printing containing a prayer from the person presenting it, called the petitioner, to the body or person to whom it is presented, for the redress of some wrong, or the grant of some favor, which the latter has the right to give.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Judicial
Belonging, or emanating from a judge, as such.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Free
"1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods.
Fraud
Contracts, torts. Any trick or artifice employed by one person to induce another to fall into an error, or to detain him in it, so that he may make an agreement contrary to his interest. The fraud may consist either, first, in the misrepresentation, or, secondly, in the concealment of a material fact. Fraud, force and vexation, are odious in law.
Conduct
Law of nations. This term is used in the phrase safe conduct, to signify the security given, by authority of the government, under the great seal, to a stranger, for his quietly coming into and passing out of the territories over which it has jurisdiction.
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Clean air acts
Federal and state environmental statutes enacted to regulate and control air pollution.
Clear and convincing evidence
Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.
Clear title
Transferring ownership of an asset without any encumbrances, obstructions or burdens that present any reasonable question of law or fact.
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Clausum
Latin. A close; an inclosure.
Clausum fregit
Torts, remedies. He broke the close.
Clayton act
A federal law which is an amendment to the Sherman Act dealing with antitrust regulations and unfair trade practices.
Clayton's case
An English case which established a presumption that monies withdrawn from a money account are presumed to be debits from those monies first deposited; first in, first out. The proper citation is Devaynes v. Noble (1816) and the presumption is not applicable to fiduciaries, who are presumed to withdraw their own money first, and not trust money.
Clean air acts
Federal and state environmental statutes enacted to regulate and control air pollution.
Clean hands
Clear and convincing evidence
Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.
Clear title
Transferring ownership of an asset without any encumbrances, obstructions or burdens that present any reasonable question of law or fact.
Clemency
The disposition to treat with leniency.
Clemency or executive clemency
Act of grace or mercy by the president or governor to ease the consequences of a criminal act, accusation, or conviction. (Sometimes known as commutation or pardon.)
Clementines
Ecclesiastical law. The name usually given to the collection of decretals or constitutious of Pope Clement V., which was made by order of John XXII. his successor, who published it in 1317.
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Maxim
An established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted, as being just and consonant With reason.
Effect
The operation of a law, of an agreement, or an act, is called its effect.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Petition
An instrument of writing or printing containing a prayer from the person presenting it, called the petitioner, to the body or person to whom it is presented, for the redress of some wrong, or the grant of some favor, which the latter has the right to give.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Judicial
Belonging, or emanating from a judge, as such.
Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Free
"1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods.
Fraud
Contracts, torts. Any trick or artifice employed by one person to induce another to fall into an error, or to detain him in it, so that he may make an agreement contrary to his interest. The fraud may consist either, first, in the misrepresentation, or, secondly, in the concealment of a material fact. Fraud, force and vexation, are odious in law.
Conduct
Law of nations. This term is used in the phrase safe conduct, to signify the security given, by authority of the government, under the great seal, to a stranger, for his quietly coming into and passing out of the territories over which it has jurisdiction.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Clean air acts
Federal and state environmental statutes enacted to regulate and control air pollution.
Clear and convincing evidence
Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.
Clear title
Transferring ownership of an asset without any encumbrances, obstructions or burdens that present any reasonable question of law or fact.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Clausum
Latin. A close; an inclosure.
Clausum fregit
Torts, remedies. He broke the close.
Clayton act
A federal law which is an amendment to the Sherman Act dealing with antitrust regulations and unfair trade practices.
Clayton's case
An English case which established a presumption that monies withdrawn from a money account are presumed to be debits from those monies first deposited; first in, first out. The proper citation is Devaynes v. Noble (1816) and the presumption is not applicable to fiduciaries, who are presumed to withdraw their own money first, and not trust money.
Clean air acts
Federal and state environmental statutes enacted to regulate and control air pollution.
Clean hands
Clear and convincing evidence
Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.
Clear title
Transferring ownership of an asset without any encumbrances, obstructions or burdens that present any reasonable question of law or fact.
Clemency
The disposition to treat with leniency.
Clemency or executive clemency
Act of grace or mercy by the president or governor to ease the consequences of a criminal act, accusation, or conviction. (Sometimes known as commutation or pardon.)
Clementines
Ecclesiastical law. The name usually given to the collection of decretals or constitutious of Pope Clement V., which was made by order of John XXII. his successor, who published it in 1317.
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