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Epistles
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EpistlesCivil law. The name given to a species of rescript. Epistles were the answers given by the prince, when magistrates submitted to him a question of law.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
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.
Rescript
Conv. A counterpart.
Epistles
Civil law. The name given to a species of rescript. Epistles were the answers given by the prince, when magistrates submitted to him a question of law.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Prince
In a general sense, a sovereign the ruler of a nation or state. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. The chief of any body of men.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Question
1) Punishment, crm. law. A means sometimes employed, in some countries, by means of torture, to compel supposed great criminals to disclose their accomplices, or to acknowledge their crimes. 2) Evidence. An interrogation put to a witness, requesting him to declare the truth of certain facts as far as he knows them. 3) Practice. A point on which the parties are not agreed, and which is submitted to the decision of a judge and jury.
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Episcopacy
Ecclesiastical law. A form of government by diocesan bishops; the office or condition of a bishop.
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Environment
The conditions, influences, or forces which affect the desirability and value of property, as well as the effect on people's lives.
Environmental protection agency
(EPA) A federal agency created to permit coordinated and environment effective governmental action to preserve the quality of the environment.
Envoy
International law. In diplomatic language, an envoy is a minister of the second rank, on whom his sovereign or government has conferred a degree of dignity and respectability, which, without being on a level with an ambassador, immediately follows, and among ministers, yields the preeminence to him alone.
Epilepsy
Medical jurisprudence. A discase of the brain, which occurs in paroxysms, with uncertain intervals between them.
Episcopacy
Ecclesiastical law. A form of government by diocesan bishops; the office or condition of a bishop.
Epistles
Equal protection of the law
The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
Equinox
The name given to two periods of the year when the days and nights are equal; that is, when the space of time between the rising and setting of the sun is one half of a natural day.
Equitable
That which is in conformity to the natural law.
Equitable action
An action which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or injuries, and the prevention of threatened illegal action.
Equitable defense
A defense, in a common-law action, which rests upon equitable or legal and equitable grounds.
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Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
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.
Rescript
Conv. A counterpart.
Epistles
Civil law. The name given to a species of rescript. Epistles were the answers given by the prince, when magistrates submitted to him a question of law.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Prince
In a general sense, a sovereign the ruler of a nation or state. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. The chief of any body of men.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Question
1) Punishment, crm. law. A means sometimes employed, in some countries, by means of torture, to compel supposed great criminals to disclose their accomplices, or to acknowledge their crimes. 2) Evidence. An interrogation put to a witness, requesting him to declare the truth of certain facts as far as he knows them. 3) Practice. A point on which the parties are not agreed, and which is submitted to the decision of a judge and jury.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Episcopacy
Ecclesiastical law. A form of government by diocesan bishops; the office or condition of a bishop.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Environment
The conditions, influences, or forces which affect the desirability and value of property, as well as the effect on people's lives.
Environmental protection agency
(EPA) A federal agency created to permit coordinated and environment effective governmental action to preserve the quality of the environment.
Envoy
International law. In diplomatic language, an envoy is a minister of the second rank, on whom his sovereign or government has conferred a degree of dignity and respectability, which, without being on a level with an ambassador, immediately follows, and among ministers, yields the preeminence to him alone.
Epilepsy
Medical jurisprudence. A discase of the brain, which occurs in paroxysms, with uncertain intervals between them.
Episcopacy
Ecclesiastical law. A form of government by diocesan bishops; the office or condition of a bishop.
Epistles
Equal protection of the law
The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
Equinox
The name given to two periods of the year when the days and nights are equal; that is, when the space of time between the rising and setting of the sun is one half of a natural day.
Equitable
That which is in conformity to the natural law.
Equitable action
An action which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or injuries, and the prevention of threatened illegal action.
Equitable defense
A defense, in a common-law action, which rests upon equitable or legal and equitable grounds.
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