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Of or pertaining to the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

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champerty

Law; General law

A practice of sharing the benefits of a lawsuit, by a person who is not a party to that lawsuit. A person who has no interests in a lawsuit, offers assistance to one of the ...

charge

Law; General law

A formal accusation of an offense against a person, and is considered as the first step to prosecution. This term can also refer to the instructions given to the jury by the ...

charity

Law; General law

As per legal terminology, the term charity refers to organizations, which are created and operated exclusively for the benefit of the society, rather than pecuniary benefits. ...

chattel

Law; General law

All movable items of property, which do not include land or those permanently attached to land. While buildings and trees are not considered as chattels, furniture or growing ...

check

Law; General law

A check/cheque is a negotiable instrument, like a bill of exchange drawn on a bank by one of its depositors. The bank has to pay the specified amount to the bearer of the ...

circumstantial evidence

Law; General law

As compared to direct evidence, like the testimony of the eyewitness, circumstantial evidence can be considered as indirect evidence or facts which are inferred from the proven ...

citation

Law; General law

An order issued by a court to a person to appear before it to answer the charges or to do a certain thing. This legal term also denotes the reference to previously decided cases.