|
 |
||
 |
| This dictionary contains: 8526 juridical terms |
 |
Current
|
|
CurrentMerchant law. A term used to express present time
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Merchant
One whose business it is to buy and sell merchandise; this applies to all persons who habitually trade in merchandise.
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.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Express
That which is made known, and not left to implication. The opposite of implied. It is a rule, that when a matter or thing is expressed, it ceases to be implied by law: expressum facit cessare tacitum.
Present
A gift, or wore properly the thing given. It is provided by the constitution of the United States, that "no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, [the United States] shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, or office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Currency
The money which passes, at a fixed value, from hand to hand; money which is authorized by law.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Curia claudenda, writ de
English law. The name of a writ, used to compel a party to enclose his land.
Curia regis
An English court, which assumed this name, during the reign of Henry II.
Curial law
Curial law or lex arbitri. The law governing the procedure of the court or arbitral tribunal itself.
Curiality
Scotch law. The same as courtesy.
Currency
The money which passes, at a fixed value, from hand to hand; money which is authorized by law.
Current
Cursitor baron
English law. An officer of the court of the exchequer, who is appointed by patent under the great seal, to be one of the barons of the exchequer.
Curtesy
Curtesy or courtesy. Scotch law. A right which vests in the hushand, and is in the nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce.
Curtilage
Estates. The open space situated within a common enclosure belonging to a dwelling-house.
Custodia legis
Custody of the law. Expenses in custodia legis are incurred, in the common interest of the creditors, to preserve the ship during the period of its arrest or attachment. Such expenses, together with costs of arrest and sale of the ship, are ordinarily ranked immediately after "special legislative rights" (infra) and ahead of all other maritime claims.
Custodial parent
The parent a child normally lives with, and the one who makes legal decisions concerning the child. there are several different types of custody arrangements. (see child custody section in your state).
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Merchant
One whose business it is to buy and sell merchandise; this applies to all persons who habitually trade in merchandise.
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.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Express
That which is made known, and not left to implication. The opposite of implied. It is a rule, that when a matter or thing is expressed, it ceases to be implied by law: expressum facit cessare tacitum.
Present
A gift, or wore properly the thing given. It is provided by the constitution of the United States, that "no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, [the United States] shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, or office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state."
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Currency
The money which passes, at a fixed value, from hand to hand; money which is authorized by law.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Curia claudenda, writ de
English law. The name of a writ, used to compel a party to enclose his land.
Curia regis
An English court, which assumed this name, during the reign of Henry II.
Curial law
Curial law or lex arbitri. The law governing the procedure of the court or arbitral tribunal itself.
Curiality
Scotch law. The same as courtesy.
Currency
The money which passes, at a fixed value, from hand to hand; money which is authorized by law.
Current
Cursitor baron
English law. An officer of the court of the exchequer, who is appointed by patent under the great seal, to be one of the barons of the exchequer.
Curtesy
Curtesy or courtesy. Scotch law. A right which vests in the hushand, and is in the nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce.
Curtilage
Estates. The open space situated within a common enclosure belonging to a dwelling-house.
Custodia legis
Custody of the law. Expenses in custodia legis are incurred, in the common interest of the creditors, to preserve the ship during the period of its arrest or attachment. Such expenses, together with costs of arrest and sale of the ship, are ordinarily ranked immediately after "special legislative rights" (infra) and ahead of all other maritime claims.
Custodial parent
The parent a child normally lives with, and the one who makes legal decisions concerning the child. there are several different types of custody arrangements. (see child custody section in your state).
We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Current. If you have a better definition for Current than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Current may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Current and any other medical topic for the public at large.
This dictionary contains 8526 terms.
|
|