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manorial courts
manorial courts. After the Norman Conquest the system of feudal landholding required the lord of the manor to provide a court for his tenants. Such ‘seigneurial’ courts were the court of the honour and the court baron, for free tenants, and the court customary for unfree tenants or... Read more |
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Court of Arches
Arches, Court of. This was one of the ecclesiastical courts. Before and after the Reformation, appeal from the consistory court of the diocese lay to the court of one of the two archbishops, York or Canterbury. The Court of Arches was the court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It sat in the church... Read more |
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Original Jurisdiction
Original Jurisdiction is the jurisdiction exercised by the court that initially hears a lawsuit. As a court of first instance, this tribunal must conduct a trial or similar proceeding in order to determine the facts in the dispute and then settle the case by applying the law to those factual... Read more |
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court system in the United States
State Courts State cases come to the United States Supreme Court from the highest appellate courts of the states. Under its discretionary authority to accept or reject cases, and in keeping with its own rules of standing to sue, the Court accepts less than 10 percent of all state appeals. State... Read more |
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Ecclesiastical courts
ecclesiastical courts have existed alongside secular courts from the Norman Conquest onwards, though their activities were much diminished after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. In addition to supervising clerical discipline and performance, the courts had important jurisdiction over matrimonial... Read more |
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Court of Exchequer
Court of Exchequer , in English history, governmental agency. It originated after the Norman Conquest as a financial committee of the Curia Regis. By the reign of Henry II it had a separate organization and was responsible for the collection of the king's revenue as well as for exercising... Read more |
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Receivership
RECEIVERSHIP A court order whereby all the property subject to dispute in a legal action is placed under the dominion and control of an independent person known as a receiver. Receivership is an extraordinary remedy, the purpose of which is to preserve property during the time needed to prosecute... Read more |
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Permanent Court of Arbitration
HAGUE TRIBUNAL The Hague Tribunal was an arbitration court established for the purpose of facilitating immediate recourse for the settlement of international disputes. As of 1993, the term is often used to refer to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which has... Read more |
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Bailiff
BAILIFF An individual who is entrusted with some authority, care, guardianship, or jurisdiction over designated persons or property. One who acts in a managerial or ministerial capacity or takes care of land, goods, and chattels of another in order to make the best profit for the owner. A minor... Read more |
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Consent Decree
CONSENT DECREE A settlement of a lawsuit or criminal case in which a person or company agrees to take specific actions without admitting fault or guilt for the situation that led to the lawsuit. A consent decree is a settlement that is contained in a court order. The court orders injunctive... Read more |
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Albany mosque has new imam; Prison chaplain takes over for Masjid As-Salam...
...community is taking over as imam of the Albany...Their previous imam, Yassin Aref...part-time imam of the storefront...prisons in that job, among other...according to court papers. A...imam did not ... |
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My Take: Huge Win For Religious Liberty At The Supreme Court
...Wednesday's Supreme Court decision holding...leaders. The Court unanimously reaffirmed...to preserve a job for Perich to...teaching that disputes over ministry must...by the civil courts. The details of this employment ... |
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AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - SEPT 11, 2003.
...Bali bombing, Imam Samudra, sentenced...an ownership dispute after it bought...Bali mastermind Imam Samudra sentenced...Corporation to take a controlling...US dollar takes a dive. AMP...forced from her job after she ... |
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HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 20:00, Sep 9 =2
...him, a Sydney court heard today...aborted, a court heard today...Bali bombings Imam Samudra says...of Australian jobs would move offshore...dogs out of a job. (Sniffer...have been laid over an accident...on standby to ... |
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Iran's Top 20.(Iran; COVER STORY)(List)
...before taking over as Iran's...he tends to take the more popular...of settling disputes between Iran...and their disputes since then have...Ahmadinejad's old job as mayor after...Holy Estate of Imam Reza, which...director of ... |
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HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45, April 14
...personal details over the internet...Bali bombings, Imam Samudra, has...Shannon Noll will take his national...interveneafter the Family Court allowed a 13...beforethe Supreme Court today. (Moran...intervene in its dispute ... |
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New mayor of Detroit takes office. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
...former state Supreme Court justice that he is...around and refereed a dispute between one of his...and the cameraman over the cause of the...wife, 36th District Court Judge Trudy DunCombe...ll bring needed jobs to Detroit and ... |
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HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:45 = 2
...and it wastime to take a fresh look at...Pacific) CANBERRA - Job vacancies fell...Muslim leaders. (Imam, NIGHTLEAD to...today after a NSW court found a south coast...securityofficers today as a dispute over Aboriginal ... |
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AAP National News Wire Round-Up for Breakfast, July 29
...says if the Supreme Court approves the appeals...fairer. The three .. IMAM SAMUDRA .. ALI GUFRON...30 peopleconvicted over the Bali nightclub...running regional disputes to be effective...province. In their new job .. the 470 ... |
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