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United States Department of Justice
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United States Department of JusticeThe US federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation) was created in 1870.
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Federal
Government. This term is commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states.
Department
A portion of a country.
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.
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United states attorney
A federal district attorney appointed by the President to prosecute for all offenses committed against the United States; to prosecute or defend for the government all civil actions in which it is concerned and perform all duties of the district to which he/she is assigned.
United states bankruptcy court
The judicial body which hears matters pertaining to bankruptcy and reorganization.
United states court of appeals
Courts which hear appeals from federal district courts, bankruptcy courts, and tax courts.
United states court of appeals for the armed forces
Court which hears appeals from court marshal decisions .
United states court of claims
Court which hears actions against the U.S. Government.
United states court of customs and patent appeals
Court which hears appeals from all U.S. customs courts.
United states court of international trade
Court which hears cases concerning federal tariff laws.
United states district courts
Courts which try both criminal and civil actions and admiralty cases.
United states magistrate judge
A court which hears all preliminary criminal matters, but does not conduct felony trials, and any pretrial civil matters referred by the district court. If all parties consent, criminal misdemeanor and civil trials can be heard by this court.
United states marshal's service
Agency which serves civil and criminal process in federal courts.
United states of america
The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and California.
United states reports
Publication of court decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
United States Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States of America.
United states supreme court
The highest court in the land, established by U.S. Constitution.
Unity
Estates. An agreement or coincidence of certain qualities in the title of a joint estate or an estate in common.
Unity of possession
This term is used to designate the possession by one person of several estates or rights. For example, a right to an estate to which an easement is attached, or the dominant estate, and to an estate which an easement encumbers, or the servient estate, in such case the easement is extinguished. But a distinction has been made between a thing that has being by prescription, and one that has its being ex jure naturae; in the former case unity of possession will extinguish the easement; in the latter, for example, the case of a water course, the unity will not extinguish it.
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US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States of America.
United States Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States of America.
United States Department of Justice
US Department of Justice
The US department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation) was created in 1870.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Federal
Government. This term is commonly used to express a league or compact between two or more states.
Department
A portion of a country.
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.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
United states attorney
A federal district attorney appointed by the President to prosecute for all offenses committed against the United States; to prosecute or defend for the government all civil actions in which it is concerned and perform all duties of the district to which he/she is assigned.
United states bankruptcy court
The judicial body which hears matters pertaining to bankruptcy and reorganization.
United states court of appeals
Courts which hear appeals from federal district courts, bankruptcy courts, and tax courts.
United states court of appeals for the armed forces
Court which hears appeals from court marshal decisions .
United states court of claims
Court which hears actions against the U.S. Government.
United states court of customs and patent appeals
Court which hears appeals from all U.S. customs courts.
United states court of international trade
Court which hears cases concerning federal tariff laws.
United states district courts
Courts which try both criminal and civil actions and admiralty cases.
United states magistrate judge
A court which hears all preliminary criminal matters, but does not conduct felony trials, and any pretrial civil matters referred by the district court. If all parties consent, criminal misdemeanor and civil trials can be heard by this court.
United states marshal's service
Agency which serves civil and criminal process in federal courts.
United states of america
The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and California.
United states reports
Publication of court decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
United States Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States of America.
United states supreme court
The highest court in the land, established by U.S. Constitution.
Unity
Estates. An agreement or coincidence of certain qualities in the title of a joint estate or an estate in common.
Unity of possession
This term is used to designate the possession by one person of several estates or rights. For example, a right to an estate to which an easement is attached, or the dominant estate, and to an estate which an easement encumbers, or the servient estate, in such case the easement is extinguished. But a distinction has been made between a thing that has being by prescription, and one that has its being ex jure naturae; in the former case unity of possession will extinguish the easement; in the latter, for example, the case of a water course, the unity will not extinguish it.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States of America.
United States Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States of America.
United States Department of Justice
US Department of Justice
The US department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation) was created in 1870.
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