AIDS in United States

Aids Definition

In English law. A species of tax payable by the tenant of lands to his superior lord on the happening of certain events. They were originally mere benevolences granted to the lord in certain times of danger and distress, but soon came to be claimed as a right. They were originally given in three cases only, and were of uncertain amount. For a period they were demanded in additional cases, but this abuse was corrected by Magna Charta (of John) and St. 25 Edw. I. (confirmatio chartarum) , and they were made payable only, to ransom the lord’s person, when taken prisoner; to make the lord’s eldest son a knight; to marry the lord’s eldest daughter, by griving her a suitable portion. The first of these remained uncertain; the other two were fixed by act of parliament (25 Edw.

Aids in State Statute Topics

Introduction to Aids

The purpose of Aids is to provide a broad appreciation of the Aids legal topic. Select from the list of U.S. legal topics for information (other than Aids).

AIDS

Finding the law: Aids in the U.S. Code

A collection of general and permanent laws relating to aids, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines aids topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.

Resources

Further Reading

• The AIDS Epidemic: Reality Versus Myth, Margolis, Stephen, 72: 58-62 (Jun.-Jul. ’88, AJS Judicature)
• AIDS in Prisons: One Correctional Administrator’s Recommended Policies and Procedures, Coughlin, Thomas A., III, 72: 63-67 (Jun.-Jul. ’88, AJS Judicature)
• AIDS: A Judicial Perspective, Messitte, Peter J., 72: 204-209 (Dec.-Jan. ’89, AJS Judicature)
• Critical Issues In The Courtroom: Exploring a Hypothetical Case, Author, No, 72: 12-22 (Jun.-Jul. ’88, AJS Judicature)

• Resources

  Further Reading

  • Information about Aids in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.

  AIDS-HIV, Sexual Behaviour and the Law

  Further Reading

  • AIDS-HIV in the Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law

  AIDS in the Criminal Justice System

  This section covers the topics below related with AIDS:

  HIV

  Hepatitis in relation with AIDS

  Infectious Diseases

  Corrections

  Inmate Assistance Programs

  Health

  Resources

  See Also

  • HIV
  • Hepatitis
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Corrections
  • Inmate Assistance Programs
  • Health