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Public defender
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Public defenderGovernment lawyer who provides free legal defense services to a poor person accused of a crime.
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Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
Lawyer
A person licensed to practice law; other words for "lawyer" include: attorney, counsel, solicitor and barrister.
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.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Accused
One who is charged with a crime or misdemeanor.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
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Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Public company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Public debt
That which is due or owing by the government.
Public domain
A term of American copyright law referring to works that are not copyright protected, free for all to use without permission. Examples include works that were originally non-copyrightable (items that by their very nature are not eligible for copyright such as ideas, facts or names), copyright that has been lost or expired, where copyright is owned or authored by the federal government (federal documents and publications are not copyrighted and so are public domain), and those works which have been specifically granted to the public domain.
Public domain or national
National or public domain. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain.
Public easement
Exists in favor of the people generally.
Public enemy
This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation.
Public law
A public law is one in which all persons have an interest
Public order-public policy
In domestic law, public order (a civil law term) refers to domestic rules and legal principles reflecting lofty standards of morality and social conduct in a civilized society, while public policy (a common law term) refers to fundamental principles of natural justice found in a state's constitution, bill of rights, laws, regulations, precedents and accepted customs.
Public passage
This term is synonymous with public highway, with this difference; by the latter, is understood a right to pass over the land of another; by the former is meant the right of going over the water which is on another's land.
Public policy
By public policy is meant that which the law encourages for the promotion of the public good.
Public service commission
Also, Public Utilities Commission. A state agency which regulates utilities.
Publican
civil law. A farmer of the public revenue; one who held a lease of some property from the public treasury.
Publication
The act by which a thing is made public.
Publici juris
(United Kingdom) Of public right.
Publiciana
Civil law. The name of an action introduced by the proctor Publicius, the object of which was to recover a thing which had been lost
Publicity
The doing of a thing in the view of all persons who choose to be present.
Publisher
One who does by himself or his agents make a thing publicly known; one engaged in the circulation of books, pamphlets, and other papers.
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Pryles, Michael Charles
Australian commentator on the conflicts of laws who uses "The Third Approach" in his writings with Sykes.
Puberty
Civil law. The age in boys after fourteen years until full age, and in girls after twelve years until full age.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Public company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Public debt
That which is due or owing by the government.
Public defender
Public domain
A term of American copyright law referring to works that are not copyright protected, free for all to use without permission. Examples include works that were originally non-copyrightable (items that by their very nature are not eligible for copyright such as ideas, facts or names), copyright that has been lost or expired, where copyright is owned or authored by the federal government (federal documents and publications are not copyrighted and so are public domain), and those works which have been specifically granted to the public domain.
Public domain or national
National or public domain. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain.
Public easement
Exists in favor of the people generally.
Public enemy
This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation.
Public law
A public law is one in which all persons have an interest
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
Lawyer
A person licensed to practice law; other words for "lawyer" include: attorney, counsel, solicitor and barrister.
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.
Legal
That which is according to law. It is used in opposition to equitable, as the legal estate is, in the trustee, the equitable estate in the cestui que trust.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
Accused
One who is charged with a crime or misdemeanor.
Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Public company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Public debt
That which is due or owing by the government.
Public domain
A term of American copyright law referring to works that are not copyright protected, free for all to use without permission. Examples include works that were originally non-copyrightable (items that by their very nature are not eligible for copyright such as ideas, facts or names), copyright that has been lost or expired, where copyright is owned or authored by the federal government (federal documents and publications are not copyrighted and so are public domain), and those works which have been specifically granted to the public domain.
Public domain or national
National or public domain. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain.
Public easement
Exists in favor of the people generally.
Public enemy
This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation.
Public law
A public law is one in which all persons have an interest
Public order-public policy
In domestic law, public order (a civil law term) refers to domestic rules and legal principles reflecting lofty standards of morality and social conduct in a civilized society, while public policy (a common law term) refers to fundamental principles of natural justice found in a state's constitution, bill of rights, laws, regulations, precedents and accepted customs.
Public passage
This term is synonymous with public highway, with this difference; by the latter, is understood a right to pass over the land of another; by the former is meant the right of going over the water which is on another's land.
Public policy
By public policy is meant that which the law encourages for the promotion of the public good.
Public service commission
Also, Public Utilities Commission. A state agency which regulates utilities.
Publican
civil law. A farmer of the public revenue; one who held a lease of some property from the public treasury.
Publication
The act by which a thing is made public.
Publici juris
(United Kingdom) Of public right.
Publiciana
Civil law. The name of an action introduced by the proctor Publicius, the object of which was to recover a thing which had been lost
Publicity
The doing of a thing in the view of all persons who choose to be present.
Publisher
One who does by himself or his agents make a thing publicly known; one engaged in the circulation of books, pamphlets, and other papers.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Pryles, Michael Charles
Australian commentator on the conflicts of laws who uses "The Third Approach" in his writings with Sykes.
Puberty
Civil law. The age in boys after fourteen years until full age, and in girls after twelve years until full age.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
Public company
Companies are incorporated as either private or public. Public companies require a minimum capital investment and are designed for use as more substantial companies with wide share ownership. They may be listed. Private companies are the category which represents the remainder of companies.
Public debt
That which is due or owing by the government.
Public defender
Public domain
A term of American copyright law referring to works that are not copyright protected, free for all to use without permission. Examples include works that were originally non-copyrightable (items that by their very nature are not eligible for copyright such as ideas, facts or names), copyright that has been lost or expired, where copyright is owned or authored by the federal government (federal documents and publications are not copyrighted and so are public domain), and those works which have been specifically granted to the public domain.
Public domain or national
National or public domain. All the property which belongs to the state is comprehended under the name of national or public domain.
Public easement
Exists in favor of the people generally.
Public enemy
This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation.
Public law
A public law is one in which all persons have an interest
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