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Category: K

  • Knives

    Knives in the United States Resources See Also Assassination Weapons, Mechanical Further Reading (Articles) KNIVES Individually or by sets, knives are kitchen tools that every cook needs to choose and maintain with care, Chicago Sun-Times; February 21, 2001; JANET K. KEELER Knife Makers in […]

  • Knives

    Knives in the United States Resources See Also Assassination Weapons, Mechanical Further Reading (Articles) KNIVES Individually or by sets, knives are kitchen tools that every cook needs to choose and maintain with care, Chicago Sun-Times; February 21, 2001; JANET K. KEELER Knife Makers in […]

  • Kenesaw Mountain Landis

    Kenesaw Mountain Landis in the United States Landis Kenesaw Mountain Introduction to Kenesaw Mountain Landis Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944), American jurist and baseball official, who became baseball’s first commissioner in 1920. He was born in Millville, Ohio. He practiced law in Chicago […]

  • Kentucky Resolutions

    Kentucky Resolutions in the United States States` Rights Kentucky Resolutions Introduction to Kentucky Resolutions The doctrine of states’ rights, discussed at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, was advanced in 1798 by Thomas Jefferson, later the third president of the U.S., against the […]

  • Ku Klux Klan Case

    Ku Klux Klan Case in the United States Introduction to Ku Klux Klan Case Ku Klux Klan Case, Supreme Court of the United States decision (Ex parte Yarbrough) in 1884 dealing with federal enforcement of the 15th Amendment of the Constitution. Jasper Yarbrough, a Georgia Klansman, was convicted […]

  • Kangaroo Court

    Kangaroo Court in the United States Resources See Also Legal Topics. Further Reading (Articles) Kangaroo Courts Run by Inmates, Beatings Where People Are Left for Dead, Bodies of Rats Found in the Food. My Years of Hell in. AMERICA’S TOUGHEST JAIL, Sunday Mirror (London, England); March 4, […]

  • Keys

    Keys in United States Keys Definition Of Court. In old Scotch law. Certain officers of courts. See Claves Curiae, Of the Isle of Man. The twenty-four chief commoners, who form the local legislature. 1 Steph. Comm. 99. In Old English Law. A guardian or warden. This definition of Keys is based […]

  • Korean War

    Korean War in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled KOREAN WARIn June 1950 North Korea attacked South Korea; within a week President harry s. truman committed American air, sea, and ground forces to […]

  • Kentucky Resolution

    Kentucky Resolution in the United States Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798_1799) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS (1798_1799) These resolutions declared the alien and sedition […]

  • Kemmler, In Re

    Kemmler, In Re in the United States Kemmler, In Re 136 U.S. 436 (1890) Mcelvaine v. Brush 142 U.S. 155 (1891) O’Neil v. Vermont 144 U.S. 155 (1892) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 391 KEMMLER, IN RE 136 U.S. 436 […]

  • Keywords us and non us

    International Law in the United States belligerency contraband Declaration of London Declaration of Paris flotsam jetsam and ligan free port freedom of the seas hostage human rights international law internment jettison laws of war maritime law […]

  • Kiting

    Kiting in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982The unethical and sometimes illegal practice of issuing checks against a bank account in which there are not sufficient collected funds to cover the check, with the expectation that before the […]

  • K (Contract)

    K (Contract) in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Lawyers often use the letter K as an abbreviation for contract, a practice that originates during law school note taking days.(Revised by Ann De Vries) What is K (Contract)? For a meaning […]

  • Know All Men

    Know All Men in United States Know All Men Definition In conveyancing. A form of public address, of great antiquity, and with which many written instruments, such as bonds, letters of attorney, etc., still commence. Know All Men in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Know All Men, […]

  • Known Men

    Known Men in United States Known Men Definition A title formerly given to the Lollards. Cowell. Known Men in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Known Men, Known Men in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Known Men, Known Men in the European Legal Encyclopedia., Known Men, Known Men […]