Tag: International Civil Litigation
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International Law
International Law in United States International Law Definition The system of rules which Christian states acknowledge to be obligatory upon them in their relations to each other and to, each other's subjects. It is the jus inter gentes, as distinguished from the jms gentium. The rules of […]
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Terrorism
Terrorism in the United States Terrorism Definition It means the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. The U.S. Army definition is as follows: the calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to attain political or religious ideological goals through […]
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Default Judgments
Default Judgments in the United States Introduction to Default Judgments (State statute topic) The purpose of Default Judgments is to provide a broad appreciation of the Default Judgments legal topic. Select from the list of U.S. legal topics for information (other than Default Judgments). […]
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Forum Non Conveniens
Forum Non Conveniens in the United States Forum Non Conveniens in the Context of International Disputes Forum Non Conveniens in International Litigation in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Forum Non Conveniens in International Litigation . Introduction and Background in […]
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Federal Jurisdiction
federal Jurisdiction in the United States Jurisdiction, Federal United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JURISDICTION, FEDERALAs alexander hamilton stressed in the federalist #78, the power and obligation of federal judges […]
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Federal Jurisdiction
federal Jurisdiction in the United States Jurisdiction, Federal United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JURISDICTION, FEDERALAs alexander hamilton stressed in the federalist #78, the power and obligation of federal judges […]
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Public Policy
Public Policy in United States Public Policy Definition The criterion by which the courts condemn contracts as opposed to the public will, or as tending to subvert the public welfare. Thus, public policy invalidates contracts tending to immorality, as for the rental of a brothel (27 Mo. App. […]
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Public Policy
Public Policy in United States Public Policy Definition The criterion by which the courts condemn contracts as opposed to the public will, or as tending to subvert the public welfare. Thus, public policy invalidates contracts tending to immorality, as for the rental of a brothel (27 Mo. App. […]
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Federal Question Jurisdiction
Federal Question Jurisdiction in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled FEDERAL QUESTION JURISDICTIONArticle III of the Constitution provides that the judicial power of the united states shall extend to […]
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Federal Question Jurisdiction
Federal Question Jurisdiction in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled FEDERAL QUESTION JURISDICTIONArticle III of the Constitution provides that the judicial power of the united states shall extend to […]
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Common Law
Common Law in the United States Common Law Definition That system of law or form of the science of jurisprudence which has prevailed in England and in the United States of America, in contradistinction to other great systems, such as the Roman or civil law. As distinguished from statute […]
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Common Law
Common Law in the United States Common Law Definition That system of law or form of the science of jurisprudence which has prevailed in England and in the United States of America, in contradistinction to other great systems, such as the Roman or civil law. As distinguished from statute […]
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Territory
Territory in United States Territory Definition A part of a country separated from the rest, and subject to a particular jurisdiction. The extent or compass of land and the waters thereof within the bounds of or belonging to the jurisdiction of any sovereign state, or city or other body. 110 […]
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Territory
Territory in United States Territory Definition A part of a country separated from the rest, and subject to a particular jurisdiction. The extent or compass of land and the waters thereof within the bounds of or belonging to the jurisdiction of any sovereign state, or city or other body. 110 […]
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Extraterritoriality
Extraterritoriality in United States Extraterritoriality Definition That quality of laws which makes them operate beyond the territory of the power enacting them, upon certain persons or certain rights. See Wheaton, Int. Law (6th Ed.) 121 et seq. Extraterritoriality in Foreign Legal […]