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Relevancy Relevancy
RELEVANCY The tendency of a fact offered as evidence in a lawsuit to prove or disprove the truth of a point in issue. A fact offered as evidence must bear a logical relationship to a point in issue for the court to permit its admission as evidence. In addition to such relevancy, evidence must... Read more
Texas v. White Texas v. White
TEXAS V. WHITE In the aftermath of the u.s. civil war, several questions about the legal status of the Southern states that had seceded from the Union remained unanswered. These questions included whether these states had, in fact, left the Union, whether the acts of the secessionist governments... Read more
Dublin Castle Dublin Castle
Dublin Castle. In 1204 King John issued a mandate for the construction of a fortress suitable for the administration of the city and, if necessary, for its defence. Until 1922 this castle was the citadel of British authority in Ireland, and official home to the lord lieutenant or lord deputy. It... Read more
plush plush
plush, a naval term to describe the amount of grog left over after the daily issue to the messes in a British warship. Official instructions were that any plush after the daily issue was to be poured into the scuppers and allowed to run overboard to prevent anyone getting more than his ration, but... Read more
Writs Writs
writs. The writ was originally an administrative command issued by the king to a subject, often an official such as the sheriff. After the Norman Conquest, and especially after the reign of Henry I, the king might issue a writ to permit a subject to have his case heard before the king's person or... Read more
Restraining Order Restraining Order
RESTRAINING ORDER A command of the court issued upon the filing of an application for an injunction, prohibiting the defendant from performing a threatened act until a hearing on the application can be held. A restraining order is an official command issued by a court to refrain from certain... Read more
Comity Comity
Comity is the courtesy one jurisdiction gives by enforcing the laws of another jurisdiction. Comity is granted out of respect, deference, or friendship, rather than as an obligation. In American constitutional law comity has arisen in two ways. Historically important, although less common in the... Read more
Washington v. Glucksberg Washington v. Glucksberg
WASHINGTON V. GLUCKSBERG In Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702, 117 S. Ct. 2258, 138 L. Ed. 2d 772 (1997), the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to review the constitutionality of a Washington state statute prohibiting physician-assisted suicide. By upholding the statute and denying mentally... Read more
Writs of assistance Writs of assistance
WRITS OF ASSISTANCE CASE The Writs of Assistance case involved a legal dispute during 1761 in which 63 Boston merchants petitioned the Massachusetts Superior Court to challenge the legality of a particular type of search warrant called a writ of assistance. Also known as Paxton's Case, the Writs of... Read more

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