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  2. List of Latin legal terms - Wikipedia

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    The complete collection of laws of a particular jurisdiction or court. / ˈ k ɔːr p ə s ˈ dʒ uː r ɪ s / corpus juris civilis: body of civil law The complete collection of civil laws of a particular jurisdiction or court. Also sometimes used to refer to the Code of Justinian. / ˈ k ɔːr p ə s ˈ dʒ uː r ɪ s s ɪ ˈ v aɪ l ɪ s ...

  3. List of Latin phrases (R) - Wikipedia

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    Also "jurisdiction ratione personae" the personal reach of the courts jurisdiction. [2] ratione soli: by account of the ground: Or "according to the soil". Assigning property rights to a thing based on its presence on a landowner's property. ratum et consummatum: confirmed and completed: in Canon law, a consummated marriage ratum tantum ...

  4. Ultra vires - Wikipedia

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    Anisminic is better known for not depriving courts of their jurisdiction to declare a decision a nullity, even if a statute expressly prevents it from being subject to judicial review. Further cases such as Bromley LBC v Greater London Council [ 14 ] and Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [ 15 ] have sought to ...

  5. List of national legal systems - Wikipedia

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    Based on English common law, but Muslims are subject to the Administration of Muslim Law Act, which gives the Sharia Court jurisdiction over Muslim personal law, e.g., marriage, inheritance and divorce. Tonga: Based on English common law. Trinidad and Tobago: Based on English common law. Tuvalu: Based on English common law. Uganda: Based on ...

  6. Exclusive jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    Exclusive jurisdiction exists in civil procedure if one court has the power to adjudicate a case to the exclusion of all other courts. The opposite situation is concurrent jurisdiction (or non-exclusive jurisdiction) in which more than one court may take jurisdiction over the case. Exclusive jurisdiction is typically defined in terms of subject ...

  7. Jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    Jurisdiction (from Latin juris 'law' + dictio 'speech' or 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice.In federations like the United States, the concept of jurisdiction applies at multiple levels (e.g., local, state, and federal).

  8. In rem jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    In some of the bases of jurisdiction listed under section 22 of the Act, [7] the right to exercise jurisdiction in rem is limited to situations in which the beneficial owner of the subject of the action when the matter is commenced was the beneficial owner when the cause of action arose. [8]

  9. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    A contronym is a word with two opposite meanings. For example, the word original can mean "authentic, traditional", or "novel, never done before". This feature is also called enantiosemy, [1] [2] enantionymy (enantio-means "opposite"), antilogy or autoantonymy. An enantiosemic term is by definition polysemic.