USA Law

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  • Publication

    Publication in United States Publication Definition The act by which a thing is made public. Printing without circulation is not publication (5 Fed. 729), and circulation in manuscript is publication (3 Fed. 486). See, also, "Literary Property." It differs from […]

  • Department of the Treasury

    Department of the Treasury in the United States Introduction to Department of the Treasury Department of the Treasury, an executive department of the United States federal government, responsible for handling the government's fiscal affairs. It was established by the Congress of the United […]

  • Forms

    Forms in the United States There are at least five kinds of forms that most affect legal practice – (1) the kind published in Form Books that publishers sell to law firms and law libraries, (2) the kind produced by commercial publishers and provided individually either free or for-fee for the […]

  • Forms

    Forms in the United States There are at least five kinds of forms that most affect legal practice – (1) the kind published in Form Books that publishers sell to law firms and law libraries, (2) the kind produced by commercial publishers and provided individually either free or for-fee for the […]

  • Trespass

    Trespass in United States Trespass Definition Any misfeasance or act of one man, whereby another is injuriously treated or damnified. 3 Bl. Comm. 208; 7 Conn. 125. Any unlawful act committed with violence, actual or implied, to the person, property, or rights of another. Any unauthorized […]

  • Trespass

    Trespass in United States Trespass Definition Any misfeasance or act of one man, whereby another is injuriously treated or damnified. 3 Bl. Comm. 208; 7 Conn. 125. Any unlawful act committed with violence, actual or implied, to the person, property, or rights of another. Any unauthorized […]

  • Insolvency

    Insolvency in United States Insolvency Definition The state of a person who is unable, from any cause, to pay his debts. Two tests of insolvency prevail, their application generally being governed by the purpose for which the fact of insolvency is ascertained, though there is some […]

  • Insolvency

    Insolvency in United States Insolvency Definition The state of a person who is unable, from any cause, to pay his debts. Two tests of insolvency prevail, their application generally being governed by the purpose for which the fact of insolvency is ascertained, though there is some […]

  • Political Economy

    Political Economy in the United States Political Economy in 1899 (United States) The following information about Political Economy is from the Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers. […]

  • Tax Policy

    Tax Policy in the United States Introduction By Brian Roach Taxes are complicated. The U.S. federal tax code contains over three million words – about 6,000 pages. A casual browsing of the tax code’s table of contents offers a glimpse into the vast complexity of federal taxation. Entire […]

  • Tax Policy

    Tax Policy in the United States Introduction By Brian Roach Taxes are complicated. The U.S. federal tax code contains over three million words – about 6,000 pages. A casual browsing of the tax code’s table of contents offers a glimpse into the vast complexity of federal taxation. Entire […]

  • Reversal

    Reversal in the United States The setting aside of a lower court judgment by an appellate court. A reversal changes the outcome of a case because of some error made in processing the case at a lower level. For example, a criminal conviction may be reversed because the jury became aware of some […]

  • Scholarships

    Scholarships in the United States Scholarly Impact Ranking of Law Faculties Professor Gregory Sisk and his colleagues in the law library at the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) produced a 2012 study of the 70 law faculties with the highest scholarly impact, based on both average and […]

  • Fair Market Value

    Fair Market Value in United States Fair Market Value Definition Market Value in this legal EncyclopediaFair Market Value definition in the Law Dictionary Fair Market Value in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Fair Market Value, Fair Market Value in the World Legal Encyclopedia., […]

  • Citizens

    Citizens and Courts Facilitating caseflow (letter), Cousins, William J., 79: 5 (July-Aug. '95, AJS Judicature) Familiarity breeds respect: how Wisconsin citizens view their courts, Kritzer, Herbert M. and Voelker, John, 82: 58-64 (July-Aug. '98, AJS Judicature) Fee shifting and public […]