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Official reports
Official reportsThe publication of cumulated court decisions of state or federal courts in advance sheets and bound volumes as provided by statutory authority. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Publication The act by which a thing is made public. Court A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated. State 1) Government. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together in one community for the defence of their rights, and to do right and justice to foreigners. In this sense, the state means the whole people united into one body politic; and the state, and the people of the state, are equivalent expressions. 2) Condition of persons. This word has various acceptations. If we inquire into its origin, it will be found to come from the Latin status, which is derived from the verb stare, sto, whence has been made statio, which signifies the place where a person is located, stat, to fulfil the obligations which are imposed upon him. Federal Government. This term is commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states. Statutory Relating to a statute; created or defined by a law. Authority Government. The right and power which an officer has in the exercise of a public function to compel obedience to his lawful commands. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Office An office is a right to exercise a public function or employment, and to take the fees and emoluments belonging to it Office book Evidence. A book kept in a public office, not appertaining to a court, authorized by the law of any state. Office copy A transcript of a record or proceeding filed in an office established by law, certified under the seal of the proper officer. Office found English law. When an inquisition is made to the king's use of anything, by virtue of office of him who inquires, and the inquisition is found, it is said to be office found. Office, inquest of An examination into a matter by an officer in virtue of his office. Official civil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person who was the minister of, or attendant upon a magistrate, was called the official. Officina justitiae English law. The chancery is so called, because all writs issue from it, under the great seal returnable into the courts of common law. Officio EX. By virtue of one's office. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Office book Evidence. A book kept in a public office, not appertaining to a court, authorized by the law of any state. Office copy A transcript of a record or proceeding filed in an office established by law, certified under the seal of the proper officer. Office found English law. When an inquisition is made to the king's use of anything, by virtue of office of him who inquires, and the inquisition is found, it is said to be office found. Office, inquest of An examination into a matter by an officer in virtue of his office. Official civil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person who was the minister of, or attendant upon a magistrate, was called the official. Official reports Officina justitiae English law. The chancery is so called, because all writs issue from it, under the great seal returnable into the courts of common law. Officio EX. By virtue of one's office. Ohio The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. It was admitted into the Union by virtue of the act of congress, entitled "An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory north-west of the river Ohio, to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states, and for other purposes," approved, May 30, 1802, Old age This needs no definition. Sometimes old age is the cause of loss of memory and of the powers of the mind, when the party may be found non compos mentis. Old natura brevium The title of an old English book. It contains the writs most in use in the reign of Edward III, together with a short comment on the application and properties of each of them. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Official reports. If you have a better definition for Official reports than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Official reports may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Official reports and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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