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  • Interpleader

    Interpleader in United States Interpleader Definition At Common Law. A proceeding In the action of detinue, by which the defendant states the fact that the thing sued for is in his hands, and that it is claimed by a third person, and that whether such person or the plaintiff is entitled to it […]

  • Interpleader

    Interpleader in United States Interpleader Definition At Common Law. A proceeding In the action of detinue, by which the defendant states the fact that the thing sued for is in his hands, and that it is claimed by a third person, and that whether such person or the plaintiff is entitled to it […]

  • Homicide

    Homicide in United States Homicide Definition in Legal History Homicide is any killing of a human being. To constitute homicide, the killing must be of a living human being; the death must have been caused by the act or omission of the accused; death must happen within a year and […]

  • Arson

    Arson in United States Arson Definition (Lat. ardere, to burn). At common law. The malicious burning of the house of another. Coke, 3d Inst. 66; Bish. Crim. Law, § 415; 4 Bl. Comm. 220; 2 Pick. (Mass.) 320; 10 Cush. (Mass.) 479; 7 Grat. (Va.) 619; 9 Ala. 175; 7 Blackf. (Ind.) 168; 1 Leach,…

  • Interstate Commerce

    Interstate Commerce in the United States The phrase “interstate commerce,” as used in the United States, denotes commerce between the citizens of different states of the Union. The words “interstate” and “intrastate” are not found in the constitution nor, until comparatively recently, in […]

  • Separation

    Separation in United States Separation Definition A cessation of cohabitation of husband and wife by mutual agreement. Separation in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Separation, Separation in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Separation, Separation in the European Legal […]

  • Verdict

    Verdict in the United States A finding by a jury on a fact question formally submitted to it for deliberation. The verdict is reported to the court and announced. Either party is entitled to request that the jury be polled. This requires that each juror disclose in open court his or her vote. […]

  • Verdict

    Verdict in the United States A finding by a jury on a fact question formally submitted to it for deliberation. The verdict is reported to the court and announced. Either party is entitled to request that the jury be polled. This requires that each juror disclose in open court his or her vote. […]

  • Procedure

    Procedure in United States Procedure Definition The rule of pleading and practice by which, rights are enforced. It is generally considered as not including the law of evidence. Procedure in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Procedure, Procedure […]

  • Procedure

    Procedure in United States Procedure Definition The rule of pleading and practice by which, rights are enforced. It is generally considered as not including the law of evidence. Procedure in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Procedure, Procedure […]

  • Life Insurance

    Life Insurance in United States Life Insurance Definition A contract of Insurance wherein the insurer agrees to pay a specified sum (according to the definition of Life Insurance based on the Cyclopedic Law Dictionary) in the event of the death of a particular person, if it occurs at a time […]

  • Estate Tax

    Estate Tax in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A federal or state excise tax, usually levied on a graduated basis, on the right to transfer property from the dead to the living. It includes transfers taking effect at death and […]

  • Kidnapping

    Kidnapping in United States Kidnapping Definition The forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or ohild from their own country, and sending them into another Kidnapping in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Kidnapping, Kidnapping in the World Legal Encyclopedia., […]

  • Kidnapping

    Kidnapping in United States Kidnapping Definition The forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or ohild from their own country, and sending them into another Kidnapping in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Kidnapping, Kidnapping in the World Legal Encyclopedia., […]

  • Civil Rights

    Civil Rights in the United States Civil Rights Definition The rights of a citizen; the rights of an individual as a citizen; the rights due from one citizen to another, the privation of which is a civil wrong, for which redress may be sought in a civil action. Also sometimes applied to the […]