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...n]] against for redress or [[punishment]] of a [[crime]] or violation of [[law]] :b : to institute legal [[proceedings]] with reference to <prosecute a claim>

'''Martial law''' is the system of rules that takes effect when the [[military]] takes control of the norma ...n cases of major natural disasters; however most countries use a different legal construct, such as a "state of emergency".

*1 a : [[justice]] according to [[natural law]] or right; specifically : [[freedom]] from bias or favoritism ...and are designed to protect rights and enforce duties fixed by substantive law

...t. Civil court rules in states that have incorporated the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure use the same term for the same pleading. ...to set for different [[phases]] of the case, as it moves through the court system.

...rvention]] annexed to a violation of a [[law]] as a means of enforcing the law ...several nations in concert for forcing a nation violating international [[law]] to desist or yield to [[adjudication]]

...the [[Greek]] "πολιτεία" (politeia), "[[citizenship]], [[administration]], civil polity" and that from "πόλις" (polis), "city". In ancient Greece the t ...zed to [[exercise]] the police [[power]] of that state within a defined [[legal]] or territorial area of [[responsibility]]. Police forces are often define

...nder liable to punishment by that law; especially : a gross violation of [[law]] ...nd of other civil law may rank as "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offence_(law) offences]" or as "infractions".

...r legal systems on civil or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_law Roman law]. [[Category: Law]]

...Apartheid is an example of legal discrimination, as are also various post-Civil war laws in the southern United States that legally disadvantaged negros wi ...taging one group over another. The Indian caste system and European feudal system are historical examples of institutional discrimination.

In [[law]], a '''trial''' is when parties to a dispute come together to present [[in ...endants are afforded greater leeway to defend themselves than parties to a civil suit.

...[[power]] of [[free]] decision or latitude of [[choice]] within certain [[legal]] [[Parameter|bounds]] <reached the age of discretion> ...offense, the characteristics of the offender, and availability of adequate civil remedies. Plea bargaining also plays a major role in determining charges.

...ten granted so that people can hand in weapons to the police without any [[legal]] [[Examination|questions]] being asked as to where they obtained them/why ...be used frequently as a means of infusing [[mercy]] into the [[justice]] [[system]].

...rked by the supremacy of the [[father]] in the [[clan]] or [[family]], the legal dependence of [[wives]] and [[children]], and the reckoning of descent and ...authority]] over [[women]] and [[children]]. Patriarchy also refers to a [[system]] of [[government]] by males, and to the [[dominance]] of men in social or

...re]] is shown by its inclusion in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah law of Moses], specifically in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title= ...ly than minor crime, but retributivists differ about how harsh or soft the system should be overall.

...any [[Secondary Corpus|academic disciplines]], including [[science]] and [[law]], adding to the [[discourse]] surrounding it. ...o talk about levels of evidence and certainty, particularly the field of [[law]].

...2003], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_civil_unrest_in_France 2005 civil unrest in France], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake *An order by the legal guardians of a [[teenager]] to return home by a specific time, usually in t

...[[530]]). Roman law as preserved in Justinian's codes became the basis of legal practice in the ''[[Byzantine Empire]]'' and&mdash;later&mdash;in continent ...of Roman law is shown by the wealth of legal terminology, retained by all legal systems, like ''[[stare decisis]]'', ''culpa in contrahendo''<ref>In German

...authority''' ([[Latin language|Latin]] ''[[auctoritas]]'', used in [[Roman law]] as opposed to ''[[potestas]]'' and ''[[imperium]]'') is often used interc ...nd directions for the use of creation. The question of authority in such a system is "what does God want from me and how do I know this?" The source for answ

.... A trial without a jury (in which both questions of fact and questions of law are decided by a judge) is known as a bench trial. ...criminal cases there are usually 12 jurors, although Scotland uses 15. In civil cases many trials require only six.

...the Americas to end the [[slave]] trade and set slaves [[free]]. The slave system aroused little protest until the 18th century, when [[rationalist]] thinker ...some parts of Africa and in much of the Islamic world, it persisted as a [[legal]] [[institution]] well into the 20th century.

...th]]ful revival of the historic Protestant view of the [[Old Testament]] [[law]] as espoused by many European Reformers and [[Puritans]]. Some in the mode ...rates stood under obligation to the relevant portions of the Old Testament law, for instance, the stipulations as to what punishment crimes deserve.

...eam vast sums of money from their income streams into a phantom investment system, which is the equivalent to a rich person’s poker game, except for the fa ...e got their hooks into their customers’ bank accounts via the direct debit system of payments and similar schemes, it is often a difficult job to cancel thos

...'Divine Counselor'''. The evidence for or against an individual, a planet, system, constellation, or universe is presented and interpreted by the [[Censors]] ...e field of law, a counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law or counsellor-at-law is an attorney

...civil government.[3] Theocratic governments enact [[Theonomy|theonomic]] [[law]]s. ...erstood theocracy as a fourth form of government in which only God and his law is [[sovereign]]. Josephus' definition was widely accepted until the enligh

...urse]] between a married person and one who is not his or her spouse. Some legal jurisdictions have defined it as "crime against marriage", (Germany: § 135 Although the definition of "adultery" differs in nearly every legal system, the common theme is [[Human sexual behavior|sexual relations]] outside of

..., and most often the [[head of state]]. Thus the legal maxim, "there is no law without a sovereign." ...ntatives to government. This is known as a [[representative democracy]], a system of government currently used in most western nations and former colonies. P

...[[formal]] or [[informal]] [[system]] of [[primary]] [[principle]]s and [[law]]s that [[regulate]]s a [[government]] or other [[institution]]. # A legal [[document]] describing such a formal system.

...discussed since [[classical antiquity]] by philosophers, scientists and [[law]]yers. The last few decades have shown a renewed interest in analogy, most ...analogies that have become entrenched as standard parts of the linguistic system, whereas clearer cases of analogy have simply not (yet) done so (e.g. Langa

...decisions]]. Although the term is generally applied to [[behavior]] within civil governments, politics is observed in all [[human]] [[group]] interactions, ...t]] is the [[body]] that has the power to make and [[authority]] to make [[law]]s, rules, and policies. Governments exist in all institutions that have l

...dents and four faculty members present. It is also recorded that after the Civil War, [[Robert E. Lee]] was offered the position of Vice-Chancellor but decl Schools of dentistry, engineering, law, medicine, and nursing once existed, and a secondary school was part of the

:a. As the name of a definitely professed system of belief, promulgated by G. J. Holyoake (1817-1906). ...ng [[law]]s based on [[scripture]] (such as the Torah and Sharia law) with civil laws, and eliminating discrimination on the basis of religion. This is said

...[biometrics]] software, and laws such as the Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act, governments now possess an unprecedented ability to monito However, many civil rights and [[privacy]] groups such as the [https://www.eff.org|Electronic F

...evil persons." True enough, there are perpetrators against whom compelling legal cases can be made; but in the final analysis, all are implicated. We are al ...ger of blame pointing outward to those we must hold accountable before the law, must sometime point all the more inwardly to us, and eventually to the tra

...race]] living on a not far-distant [[planet]] belonging to the [[Satania]] system. ...nary presentation was granted, for it is most unusual for [[the system]] [[System Sovereign|rulers]] to consent to the [[narration]] on one planet of the aff

A '''language''' is a [[system]] of arbitrary symbols and the rules used to manipulate them. '''Language' Languages are not just sets of symbols. They also contain a [[grammar]], or system of rules, used to manipulate the symbols. While a set of symbols may be use

...] form of ''civis'', meaning a "[[citizen]]" or "townsman" governed by the law of his city. ...rbarian|barbarism]]"; as contrasted to ''civility'', meaning politeness or civil virtue &mdash; until the 18th century.

...(the factors, elements, constituents, ingredients) forming the whole (the system, structure, compound, complex, composite, or combination) (the part-whole c ...aces the account of causes in terms of fundamental principles or general [[law]]s, as the intended whole (macrostructure) is the cause that explains the p

...ate]]s, a form of government in which the state operates under a one-party system and declares allegiance to Marxism-Leninism or a derivative thereof, even i ...o power in Russia (1917), disrupted by the [[World War I]]. After years of civil war (1917–1921), international isolation and internal struggle in the Com

...on debate, opposed the death penalty, supported affirmative action and the civil rights movement. In some dioceses, openly homosexual men and women can be o The full legal name of the national church corporate body is the ''Domestic and Foreign Mi

::c. Often applied to those members of a civil community, who have certain circumstances of nativity, religion, or pursuit ...assical liberalism]] and [[capitalism]] while advocating phenomena such as civil society. Not necessarily hostile to social liberalism, communitarianism rat

...position of Hispanics in U.S. society, especially in the context of [[The civil rights movement]] and [[United States immigration debates|the debate over i ...erindian lands. The irony is that the same individuals who could be denied legal standing because they were "too White" to claim property rights, might stil

...have a body and all your mentality is solely the creation of your nervous system. By this definition there is no such thing as spirit because it cannot be ...our eternal life you do depend upon a living, physical body with a nervous system to have a minimal threshold of consciousness of yourself and impersonal rea

'''Magic''', sometimes known as '''sorcery''', is a [[concept]]ual system that asserts human ability to control or predict the [[nature|natural world ...seven ''artes magicae'' or ''artes prohibitae'', arts prohibited by canon law, as expounded by [[Johannes Hartlieb]] in 1456, their sevenfold partition r

...3-1st-hail.html] After graduating in 1762 with highest honors, he studied law with George Wythe and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1767. ...rst published work. Previous criticism of the Coercive Acts had focused on legal and constitutional issues, but Jefferson offered the radical notion that th

...the other also. Be willing to [[suffer]] injustice rather than to go to [[law]] among yourselves. In [[kindness]] and with [[mercy]] minister to all who ...ount Sermon on the Mount] are based on [[faith]] and [[love]] and not on [[law]]—[[ethics]] and [[duty]].

:b : [[legal]] or official [[authority]], capacity, or right ...at “no woman escapes the meaning of being a woman within a gendered social system, and sex inequality is not only pervasive but may be universal (in the sens

...chnical term for a philosophical school, a party, or a religious doctrinal system and its adherents. The term is applied to [[Stoics]], [[Pythagoreans]], [[S ...ons] borrowed the term heresy from Christian usage as fixed in [[canon]] [[law]] and, as a result, has been very much influenced by the [[history]] of the

...stom.., he [sc. Rasselas] was confined in a private palace. 1817 W. SELWYN Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1242 A person having a private way over the land of ...provided by several provident associations. 1976 N. LEIGH-TAYLOR Doctors & Law iv. 35 The Government has announced that it intends..to abolish private tre

...at the [[physical]] pain is carried to the [[brain]] through the [[nervous system]], and the emotional pain is not located in any particular place, but is ca R: Yes, it is somewhat [[different]] from your own [[legal]] [[practice]].