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Pronunciation spelling of entitled. [(literally) Having a title.]
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(law) The doctrine, in European law, that cases involving a law with a reasonably obvious interpretation do not need to be referred to the European Court of Justice.
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(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
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Characteristic of an advocate.
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Synonym of forum selection clause
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Synonym of forum selection clause
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(of a politician or a title) Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.
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Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment.
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(law) The person who selects the appointee.
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A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
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(UK, Oxford University) An official responsible for student welfare.
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(transitive, rare) To provide with a legal attorney.
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(countable) A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.
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(obsolete) To furnish with a title; to entitle.
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Alternative form of byrlaw [(obsolete) the local customs and laws of a settlement or district]
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Alternative form of byrlaw [(obsolete) the local customs and laws of a settlement or district]
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Alternative form of byrlaw [(obsolete) the local customs and laws of a settlement or district]
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(law, US) In the United States, a law that regulates the offering and sale of securities to protect the public from fraud, requiring the registration of all securities offerings and sales, as well as of stock brokers and brokerage firms.
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Alternative form of byrlaw [(obsolete) the local customs and laws of a settlement or district]
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(UK, historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
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(law) A clearly defined rule or standard, composed of objective factors, which leaves little or no room for varying interpretation.
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Alternative form of byrlaw [(obsolete) the local customs and laws of a settlement or district]
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Alternative spelling of bylaw [A local custom or law of a settlement or district.]
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Alternative spelling of bylaw [A local custom or law of a settlement or district.]
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(law) A hearing at which a judge will require all attorneys with cases pending before the court to appear so that the court may schedule hearings and trials.
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(law) A combination of numbers and abbreviations used in common law countries to identify an opinion of a court, including the names of the parties, case reporter, name of the court, and year of the decision, and sometimes the page of the opinion that is cited.
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(law) A legal analysis of a case that has been tried.
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(law) A bound volume containing printed legal opinions from a specific jurisdiction.
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(law, US) A legal document issued by a federal or state regulatory agency with authority over an area which affirms that a proposed acquisition, expansion, or creation of a facility falling under that authority is required to fulfill the needs of a community.
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Synonym of forum selection clause
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Synonym of forum selection clause
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Synonym of forum selection clause
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(law) Claims Court, as used in case citation.
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A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
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(law) A mere semblance of legal right; a means to do something with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law.
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(economics, politics) The management of a polity's economic and political resources by state officials themselves, rather than by more democratic or spontaneous means.
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(UK) A document issued by the government and presented to Parliament.
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(law) The principle by which someone can be legally culpable for crimes committed by those under their control.
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(law) The offence of commanding or inducing another to violate the law.
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(international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
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(transitive) To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.
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(Roman law) Under joint obligation (applied to an obligation in which the parties are severally liable).
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Alternative form of cosigner [A cosignatory]
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(law) a legal case to be resolved in a court
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(archaic) A court which was empowered to decide questions of law and award monetary damages, but could not provide equitable relief, which was reserved for a court of equity.
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(law) A specific statute, ordinance, regulation, or other source of law that deems an action to be a crime.
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Alternative spelling of cy pres [(law) In the law governing charitable trusts, the doctrine that a court may direct the funds of the trust to a best alternative, to be chosen when the original beneficiary is no longer a choice.]
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Alternative spelling of cy pres [(law) In the law governing charitable trusts, the doctrine that a court may direct the funds of the trust to a best alternative, to be chosen when the original beneficiary is no longer a choice.]
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(Scotland, law) A decree or sentence of a court.
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A trustee; a depositary.
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(US, law) A legal doctrine inferred from the Commerce Clause that prohibits states from discriminating against interstate or international commerce.
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(law) A legal right or entitlement.
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A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.
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(literally) Having a title.
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Archaic spelling of entitle. [To give a title to.]
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(law) Someone appointed by a testator to administer a will; an administrator.
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An arbitrary or authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.
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Synonym of forum selection clause
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Synonym of forum selection clause
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A contractual provision determining the territorial (or less often only international, or subject matter) jurisdiction for a legal dispute concerning a concrete legal relationship.
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A legal right of the general public to obtain information held by a government.
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(rare, literally) Magna Carta.
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Being the current holder of an office or a title.
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(law) A standard for judicial review, according to which a law must have been enacted to further a compelling governmental interest and have been narrowly tailored to achieve that interest.
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(archaic or nonstandard) Alternative form of entitle [To give a title to.]
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(transitive, Early Modern, obsolete) To entitle; to give a title to.
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(Canada, crime, law, politics, constitution, human rights) A rule about how long criminal court cases can take, and when exceeding the determined limit, is considered excessive and violating constitutional rights, and thus the criminal proceedings are summarily terminated with no recourse, and the defendant released. The limit of 18 or 30 months from placing criminal charges to trial is established in the rule.
adj
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a judge; judicial; judgelike.
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Synonym of forum selection clause
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(law) Synonym of legal person
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Obsolete form of juror. [(law) A member of a jury.]
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(nonstandard) To rule over (with a certain effect) by law; to govern.
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Law concerning acceptable practices while engaged in war.
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Having sufficient legal representation to protect oneself in the event of legal trouble
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(law) A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
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(law) An organization such as a company or trust fund that the law treats as if it were a person, capable of entering into contracts and of being sued.
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(rare, chiefly Europe) To make law.
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A power of attorney document.
adj
(law) Explicitly established or constituted by law.
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(law) The substance of a legal dispute.
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(law, US) In the law of civil procedure, a statute which establishes the activities by a potential defendant which will give the courts of a state personal jurisdiction over that defendant.
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One who receives a mandate.
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An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept; an authorization.
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(law) The person who employs another to perform a mandate.
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(US, informal, by extension) Any of various subsequent state laws based on this.
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A document that governs the relationship between a company and the outside world.
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(US law) A constitutional right outlined in the Miranda warning.
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(politics) A vote of no confidence.
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(law) A legal doctrine that recognises Aboriginal people as rightful owners of land that has been colonised.
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A procedure of the UK government whereby secondary legislation passes into law automatically. To reverse this, a motion to annul the legislation must be tabled and passed in parliament. Contrasted with affirmative resolution.
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An executor or administrator appointed to administer the estate of a deceased who left a valid will.
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A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.
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A legal principle requiring judicial proceedings to be conducted in a transparent manner and with the oversight of the people, so as to safeguard the rights of those subject to the power of the court and to allow for the scrutiny of the public in general.
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(European Union law) a judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible
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An independent United States federal agency for volunteers to help in developing countries where aid is needed.
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(law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
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A form of consensus decision-making characterised by cooperation despite significant differences among parties.
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(transitive) To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
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(US) A tax that must be paid in order to vote.
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Alternative spelling of poll tax [A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.]
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(uncountable, law) The legal authorisation of one person to act as the agent of another.
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(law) The displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction.
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The law of a state that decides the law of which state is applied to legal relationships in civil and commercial matters that contain foreign elements.
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(law) The area of law pertaining to the relationships between private persons (natural or legal persons including corporations), as opposed to relations between the state and private persons.
adj
(law) Permitted for a specific case or action.
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(law) A court, sometimes called "Orphans' Court" (tribunal) whose function is to administer estates (property of a decedent) and prove wills
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The formal course in property law required of most first-year law school students in common-law systems.
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an official list maintained by the land registry of land, buildings and their particulars.
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(law) a term which legally may only be applied to products produced in a specific region
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(international law) An amendment to an official treaty.
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To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
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(obsolete, transitive) To convert into a province or provinces.
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(law) An issue about what the law is on a particular point; an issue in which the parties argue about, and the court must decide, what the true rule of law is.
n
Alternative form of Question Time [(politics) A time during a sitting of parliament wherein Members of Parliament ask questions of government ministers (including the Prime Minister) which they are obliged to answer.]
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(historical law) A clarification of a point of law by a monarch issued upon formal consultation by a lower magistrate.
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(US, law) A court or other tribunal that is noted for the speedy disposition of cases.
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(obsolete) Conduct; behaviour.
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(slang, derogatory) Someone who attempts to take advantage of a given set of rules, usually by using an overly-literal interpretation that is contrary to their intent, or by selectively choosing which rules take precedence in a given situation.
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(US, law) the place in the courtroom where such a conference happens.
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(Scotland, law) Judicial systems to protect vulnerable witnesses in courts of law.
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(law) A resolution that requires a large majority vote of members present, usually two thirds or three quarters, at a general meeting of a company.
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A rule of procedure adopted by a governing body for its own internal use.
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(law) The principle of following judicial precedent.
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Any law that sets a time limit, after which a person may not be tried for a crime, or after which some other legal action may not take place.
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(finance) A fund manager responsible for a (usually specialized) subset of an investment portfolio
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(obsolete, transitive) To supply; to afford; to subminister.
adj
Of or pertaining to subornation
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(obsolete) One who assists or favours by voting.
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(US, government, law) An agenda on which an item has been placed for which the decision-making body will not entertain discussion or commentary.
n
(law) The headnote of a reported case; the brief statement of the points of law determined prefixed to a reported case.
n
(law) An exact copy of a writing, set forth in the words and figures of it. It differs from purport, which is only the substance or general import of the instrument.
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(law, formal) A long title.
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Alternative form of titling [The act of giving something a title, or of impressing the title on the back of a book.]
adj
Named or referred to in the title.
v
(transitive) to assign a title
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A person invested with a title.
adj
(obsolete) Having a title.
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(law, dated) In land law, meaning either 1. or 2. above or use. Usually in singular form to mean use wherever there is assiduous re-use of precedents and aloof textbooks verbatim.
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(politics, law) A parliamentary motion representing the lack of confidence of a parliament in the standing government. A passed motion of no confidence usually results in the government's fall.
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(law, international law) An international treaty (full title: Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air, Signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929) signed in Warsaw in 1929, covering international air travel, including such topics as ticketing, cargo and liability.
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(law, computing) A list or collection of people or entities that are known, trusted, or explicitly permitted.
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