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• LexisNexis Academic
  ...ational news, company and industry information, state and county profiles, state and national legal information, and biographical data. ...sources, U.S. Federal and state case law, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information.
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• Oxford Companion to American Law
  ...edu/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t122 '''''The Oxford Companion to American Law'''''] ...e of state and local law and legal institutions, and the place of American law in a comparative international perspective. Nearly 500 entries are included
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• Natural Law
  ...ut the statutes, but less so to criticize the law itself. Some use natural law synonymously with natural [[justice]] or natural right (Latin ius naturale) ...evelopment of [[English]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law],[3] and have featured greatly in the philosophies of [[Thomas Aquinas]], F
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• LexisNexis Environmental
  Collection of environmental news and commentary. Includes federal and state codes, regulations, hazardous materials informtion, and legal actions. Also ...e case law and agency decisions. 4) Waste & Materials - Locate federal and state waste site data and hazardous materials information.
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• Contravene
  *1: to go or [[act]] contrary to : [[violate]] <contravene a [[law]]> ...misdemeanor] in common law countries. The term is also used in Australian law. The act of contravening can be: opposition; obstruction; transgression; vi
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• Interposition
  ...d constitutional [[doctrine]] when invoked to block enforcement of federal law. ...e state that the federal law may not be enforced in the state. Rather, the law would still be enforced. Thus, interposition may be seen as more [[moderate
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• Martial law
  '''Martial law''' is the system of rules that takes effect when the [[military]] takes con ...asters; however most countries use a different legal construct, such as a "state of emergency".
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• Intent
  # law - The state of someone’s [[mind]] at the time of committing an [[offence]]. The state of someone’s mind at the time of committing an offence}}
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• Litigation
  3 : to contest at [[law]] <litigate a claim> A lawsuit is a civil [[action]] brought before a [[court]] of [[law]] in which a plaintiff, a party who claims to have received damages from a
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• Establishment
  *1 : to [[institute]] (as a [[law]]) permanently by enactment or [[agreement]] *6 : to make (a church) a national or state institution
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• Conviction
  ...t]] or [[process]] of convicting of a crime especially in a [[court]] of [[law]] :b : the [[state]] of being convinced of error or compelled to admit the truth
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• Legislation
  ...uthority]] by [[virtue]] of their promulgation by an official organ of a [[state]] or other [[organization]] ...edia.org/wiki/Case_law case law].) Before an item of legislation becomes [[law]] it may be known as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_(proposed_law) b
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• Suzerain
  ...e foreign [[relations]] of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassal vassal] state but allowing it [[sovereign]] [[authority]] in its internal affairs ...]], modern [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Law international law] does not recognize any way of making this [[relationship]] [[compulsory]]
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• Crime
  ...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".
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• Doom
  ...O-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] dōm; akin to Old High German tuom condition, [[state]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09T *1 : a [[law]] or ordinance especially in [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo_Saxon An
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• Treaty
  ...ly authorized and usually ratified by the lawmaking [[authority]] of the [[state]] ...ial [[meaning]] which is more restricted than its meaning in international law.
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• Decree
  *1 : an order usually having the [[force]] of [[law]] ...]]s (usually established in a [[constitution]]). It has the [[force]] of [[law]]. The particular term used for this [[concept]] may vary from country to c
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• State Papers Online, 1509-1714
  ...egroup.com.catalog.sewanee.edu/mss/start.do?p=SPOL&u=sewa21847&authCount=1 State Papers Online, 1509-1714]''''' ...every facet of English government, including social and economic affairs, law and order, religious policy, crown possessions and intelligence gathering a
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• Infamy
  :b : the [[state]] of [[being]] [https://oed.com/view/Entry/95198#eid570175 infamous] ...n Law]. The remainder of this article discusses infamy as defined by Canon Law. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913, infamy in the canonical se
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• Magistrate
  ...te has limited law enforcement and administration [[authority]]. In civil law systems, a magistrate might be a [[judge]] in a superior court; the magistr ...re not lawyers, but were advised by [[jurists]] who were experts in the [[law]].
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