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Clemency
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ClemencyThe disposition to treat with leniency.
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Disposition
French law. This word has several accept-ations; sometimes it signifies the effective marks of the will of some person; and at others the instrument containing those marks.
Leniency
Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.
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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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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An English case which established a presumption that monies withdrawn from a money account are presumed to be debits from those monies first deposited; first in, first out.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
A 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.
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
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.
Clergy
All who are attached to the ecclesiastical ministry are called the clergy; a clergyman is therefore an ecclesiastical minister.
Clerical error
An error made by a clerk in transcribing or otherwise. This is always readily corrected by the court.
Clerk
1) Commerce, contract. A person in the employ of a merchant, who attends only to a part of his business, while the merchant himself superintends the whole. 2) Ecclesiastical law. Every individual, who is attached to the ecclesiastical state, and who has submitted to the ceremony of the tonsure, is a clerk. 3) A person employed in an office, public or private, for keeping records or accounts. His business is to write or register, in proper form, the transactions of the tribunal or body to which he belongs. Some clerks, however, have little or no writing to do in their offices, as, the clerk of the market, whose duties are confined chiefly to superintending the markets.
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Disposition
French law. This word has several accept-ations; sometimes it signifies the effective marks of the will of some person; and at others the instrument containing those marks.
Leniency
Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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
A 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.
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
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.
Clergy
All who are attached to the ecclesiastical ministry are called the clergy; a clergyman is therefore an ecclesiastical minister.
Clerical error
An error made by a clerk in transcribing or otherwise. This is always readily corrected by the court.
Clerk
1) Commerce, contract. A person in the employ of a merchant, who attends only to a part of his business, while the merchant himself superintends the whole. 2) Ecclesiastical law. Every individual, who is attached to the ecclesiastical state, and who has submitted to the ceremony of the tonsure, is a clerk. 3) A person employed in an office, public or private, for keeping records or accounts. His business is to write or register, in proper form, the transactions of the tribunal or body to which he belongs. Some clerks, however, have little or no writing to do in their offices, as, the clerk of the market, whose duties are confined chiefly to superintending the markets.
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