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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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pleadings

Law; General law

Written statements of the parties to litigation in which they formally set out the facts and law which support that party's position. The principal pleadings are the complaint, ...

power of attorney

Law; General law

A power of attorney is an instrument containing an authorization for one to act as the agent on someone else's behalf in legal or business matters. Also called the letters of ...

preamble

Law; General law

The term is particularly applied to an introductory statement, a preliminary explanation of a statute or contract, which summarizes the intention of the legislature in passing the ...

precedent

Law; General law

It refers to a prior reported opinion of an appeals court which forms the basis in the future on the same legal questions and facts decided in the prior judgment.

prima facie

Law; General law

The term prima facie is derived from a Latin word meaning 'at first look' or 'on its face'. It's an evidence before trial, which is enough to prove the case unless there's ...

privileged will

Law; General law

It's a will valid despite the defect of form, made by mariners or soldiers.

privity of contract

Law; General law

A doctrine of contract law that forbids any person from seeking the enforcement of a contract, or suing on its terms, unless they are a party to that contract.