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Resolution
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Resolution1) A solemn judgment or decision of a court. This word is frequently used in this sense, in Coke and some of the more ancient reporters. It also signifies an agreement to a law or other thing adopted by a legislature or popular assembly. 2) Civil law. The act by which a contract which existed and was good, is rendered null.
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Judgment
Practice. The decision or sentence of the law, given by a court of justice or other competent tribunal, as the result of proceedings instituted therein, for the redress of an injury.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Reporters
Books which contain court decisions.
Agreement
A verbal or written resolution of disputes.
Legislature
Government. That body of men in the state which has the power of making laws.
Assembly
The union of a number of persons in the same place.
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.
Contract
A negotiated oral or written agreement setting forth the terms for an exchange of value between parties (which may be individuals or companies) and under which each party promises to perform an obligation. Certain terms, such as the obligations to be performed and the terms for setting price or compensation must be mutually understood, known in legal lingo as a "meeting of the minds," and promised to by the parties to form a legal contract.
Null
Properly, that which does not .exist; that which is not in the nature of things. In a figurative sense it signifies that which has no more effect than if it did not exist.
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Resolutory condition
On which has for its object, when accomplished, the revocation of the principal obligation;
Resort
The authority or jurisdiction of a court. The supreme court of the United States is a court of the last resort.
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Residuary legatee
He to whom the residuum of the estate is devised or bequeathed by will.
Residue
That which remains of something after taking away a part of it; as, the residue of an estate, which is what has not been particularly devised by will.
Resignation
The act of an officer by which he declines his office, and renounces the further right to use it. It differs from abdication.
Resignee
One in favor of whom a resignation is made.
Resistence
The opposition of force to force.
Resolution
Resolutory condition
On which has for its object, when accomplished, the revocation of the principal obligation;
Resort
The authority or jurisdiction of a court. The supreme court of the United States is a court of the last resort.
Respectable witness
One who is competent to testify in a court of justice. To pass lands in Alabama, a will must be attested by three or more respectable witnesses
Respiration
Med. jur. Breathing, which consists of the drawing into, inhaling, or more technically, inspiring, atmospheric air into the lungs, and then: forcing out, expelling, or technically expiring, from the lungs the air therein.
Respite
1) Contracts, civil law. An act by which a debtor who is unable to satisfy his debts at the moment, transacts with his creditors, and obtains from them time or delay for the payment of the sums which he owes to them. 2) Criminal law. A suspension of a sentence, which is to be executed at a future time. It differs from a pardon, which is in abolition of the crime.
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Judgment
Practice. The decision or sentence of the law, given by a court of justice or other competent tribunal, as the result of proceedings instituted therein, for the redress of an injury.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Reporters
Books which contain court decisions.
Agreement
A verbal or written resolution of disputes.
Legislature
Government. That body of men in the state which has the power of making laws.
Assembly
The union of a number of persons in the same place.
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.
Contract
A negotiated oral or written agreement setting forth the terms for an exchange of value between parties (which may be individuals or companies) and under which each party promises to perform an obligation. Certain terms, such as the obligations to be performed and the terms for setting price or compensation must be mutually understood, known in legal lingo as a "meeting of the minds," and promised to by the parties to form a legal contract.
Null
Properly, that which does not .exist; that which is not in the nature of things. In a figurative sense it signifies that which has no more effect than if it did not exist.
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Resolutory condition
On which has for its object, when accomplished, the revocation of the principal obligation;
Resort
The authority or jurisdiction of a court. The supreme court of the United States is a court of the last resort.
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Residuary legatee
He to whom the residuum of the estate is devised or bequeathed by will.
Residue
That which remains of something after taking away a part of it; as, the residue of an estate, which is what has not been particularly devised by will.
Resignation
The act of an officer by which he declines his office, and renounces the further right to use it. It differs from abdication.
Resignee
One in favor of whom a resignation is made.
Resistence
The opposition of force to force.
Resolution
Resolutory condition
On which has for its object, when accomplished, the revocation of the principal obligation;
Resort
The authority or jurisdiction of a court. The supreme court of the United States is a court of the last resort.
Respectable witness
One who is competent to testify in a court of justice. To pass lands in Alabama, a will must be attested by three or more respectable witnesses
Respiration
Med. jur. Breathing, which consists of the drawing into, inhaling, or more technically, inspiring, atmospheric air into the lungs, and then: forcing out, expelling, or technically expiring, from the lungs the air therein.
Respite
1) Contracts, civil law. An act by which a debtor who is unable to satisfy his debts at the moment, transacts with his creditors, and obtains from them time or delay for the payment of the sums which he owes to them. 2) Criminal law. A suspension of a sentence, which is to be executed at a future time. It differs from a pardon, which is in abolition of the crime.
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