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• Magistrate
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] magestrat, from [[Latin]] magistratus magistracy, magistrate, from magist ...te has limited law enforcement and administration [[authority]]. In civil law systems, a magistrate might be a [[judge]] in a superior court; the magistr
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• Conspiracy
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French conspirer, from [[Latin]] conspirare to be in [[harmony *2 : to [[act]] in [[harmony]] toward a common end <circumstances conspired to defeat his efforts>
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• Commonwealth
  ...of "[[wealth]]," which is "well-[[being]]." The term [[literally]] meant "common well-being". In the seventeenth century the definition of "commonwealth" ex ...[[law]] and united by compact or tacit [[agreement]] of the people for the common good
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• Vagrant
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wealcan to roll-walk ...ncome]]. Many towns in the Developed World have [[shelters]] for vagrants. Common terminology is a tramp or a 'gentleman of the road'. In legal terminology,
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• Prescription
  ...ext]], excuse, precept, rule, limiting [[regulation]], [[limitation]], (in law) preliminary clause or preamble defining the [[scope]] of a lawsuit, prelim *1a : the [[establishment]] of a claim of title to something under common law usually by use and enjoyment for a period fixed by statute.
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• Taboo
  ...]", often in the sense of being restricted or protected by [[custom]] or [[law]]. In the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga, where the greater portion of The use of taboo in [[English]] dates back to 1777 when English explorer, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_James_Cook Captain James C
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• Labor Unions
  ...iki/Collective_bargaining collective bargaining]) with employers. The most common [[purpose]] of these associations or unions is "maintaining or improving th [[Category: Law]]
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• Court
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French curt, court, from [[Latin]] cohort-, cohors enclosure, ...aw]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Law/TeaM '''''this link'''''].</center>
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• Arrest
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] aresten, from Anglo-French arester to stop, arrest, from Vulgar Latin *arr ...ck" can also refer to a [[police]] station, and the term "pinched" is also common. In the United States and France the term "collared" is sometimes used. The
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• Pharisees
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] farise, from Late Latin pharisaeus, from [[Greek]] pharisaios, from Aramai ...insistence on the validity of their own [[oral tradition]]s concerning the law
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• Alphabet
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] alphabete, from Late [[Latin]] alphabetum, from [[Greek]] alphabētos, fr ...d house respectively. There are dozens of alphabets in use today, the most common being [[Latin]], deriving from the first true alphabet, [[Greek]]. Most of
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• Fugitive
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French & [[Latin]]; Middle French fugitif, from Latin fugitiv ...vice] is the primary [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency law enforcement agency] that tracks down federal fugitives, though the [https:/
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• Hostage
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from ''hoste'' ...bductor in order to compel another party such as a [[relative]], employer, law enforcement, or [[government]] to act, or refrain from acting, in a particu
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• Debt
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] dette, debte, from Anglo-French dette something owed, from Vulgar [[Latin *4 : the common-[[law]] [[action]] for the recovery of [[money]] held to be due
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• Hemp
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hænep''; akin to Old High German ''hanaf'' hemp, [[Greek]] ''kannabis'' The etymology is uncertain but there appears to be no common [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-indoeuropean Proto-indoeuropean] sourc
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• Sin
  *1. a. An [[act]] which is regarded as a transgression of the [[divine]] [[law]] and an offence against [[God]]; a violation (esp. wilful or deliberate) o *2. a. Without article or pl. Violation of divine law; [[action]] or conduct characterized by this; a [[state]] of transgression
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• Mischief
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] meschief, from Anglo-French, misfortune, hardship, from Old French meschev ...uction or defacement of property other than arson. [[Governed]] by state [[law]], criminal mischief is committed when a perpetrator, having no right to do
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• Prostitution
  ...between [[different]] kinds or imply a [[value]] [[judgment]] about them. Common alternatives for prostitute include escort and whore; however, not all [[pr ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] word hōra, from the Indo-European root kā meaning "[[desire]]". Use of t
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• Quorum
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], ''quorum'' of justices of the peace, from [[Latin]], of whom, genitive pl ..., charter, bylaws or standing orders). The ''quorum'' may also be set by [[law]]. While a [[majority]] of members is often the ''quorum'' for legislative
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• Mores
  ...is a plurale tantum term borrowed from Latin, which has been used in the [[English]] [[language]] since the 1890s. ...] and mild [[social]] [[pressure]] but not strictly enforced or put into [[law]]. The term folkways, introduced by American sociologist [https://en.wikipe
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