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Case citation is a system used by legal professionals to identify past court case decisions, either in series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a neutral style that identifies a decision regardless of where it is reported. Case citations are formatted differently in different jurisdictions, but generally contain the same key ...
Ancient sources tell the story as an aetiology for manumissio vindicta, a form of manumission that granted the former slave Roman citizenship. The historicity of Vindicius and the linguistic validity of connecting his name to the etymology of vindicta are dubious, but the story is an example of how Roman legendary history valued patriotism and ...
Cite a court judgment Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Litigants litigants The title of the case. If a Wikipedia article using this exact string exists, a link will automatically be created. Alternately, if an article exists but another name is desired for display, a wikilink may be specified; i.e., "[[Case article|This v. That]]". Example Miranda v ...
The ultio exercised by emperors was to be balanced with the virtue of clementia, tolerance or mercy. [2] Augustus honored Mars Ultor and Ultio in his role as the avenger of the murder of Julius Caesar , whose adopted heir he was, but he founded the cult and temple only 40 years later, to mark the return of the Roman military standards captured ...
The public ceremony of manumissio vindicta ("by the rod") was a fictitious trial [131] that had to be performed before a magistrate who held imperium; a Roman citizen declared the slave free, the owner did not contest it, the citizen touched the slave with a staff and pronounced a formula, and the magistrate confirmed it. [132]
J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro, 564 U.S. 873 (2011), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that a court may not exercise jurisdiction over a defendant that has not purposefully availed itself of doing business in the jurisdiction or placed goods in the stream of commerce in the expectation they would be purchased in the jurisdiction.
Case opinions Dillon LJ, Bingham LJ Interfoto Picture Library Ltd v Stiletto Visual Programmes Ltd [1987] EWCA Civ 6 is an English contract law case on onerous clauses and the rule of common law that reasonable notice of them must be given to a contracting party in order that they be effective.
AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 563 U.S. 333 (2011), is a legal dispute that was decided by the United States Supreme Court. [1] [2] On April 27, 2011, the Court ruled, by a 5–4 margin, that the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 preempts state laws that prohibit contracts from disallowing class-wide arbitration, such as the law previously upheld by the California Supreme Court in the case of ...