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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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next friend

Law; General law

A term used to denote a person, who appears for another in litigation without any official appointment. The next friend may or may not be a close relative, but the person for ...

next of kin

Law; General law

A legal term used to denote the nearest blood relatives of a person, who dies intestate.

no-fault divorce

Law; General law

A no-fault divorce is granted in such cases, where there is no prospects of reconciliation and the incompatibility between the spouses is considered as a ground for divorce. This ...

notary

Law; General law

Notary public is an official appointed by the state, and has the power to administer oaths, certify documents, take acknowledgments, and to take depositions (if he/she is also a ...

notary public

Law; General law

Notary public is an official appointed by the state, and has the power to administer oaths, certify documents, take acknowledgments, and to take depositions (if he/she is also a ...

notice

Law; General law

Information or knowledge, communicated through various means. It is said to be an actual notice, if the information can be shown to have reached the other party. It is ...

novation

Law; General law

Displacing an existing valid contract with a new one, which happens with the mutual agreement of all the concerned parties. This gives rise to new rights and obligations, which ...