foreign defendant

  • 1defendant — de·fen·dant /di fen dənt, ˌdant/ n: the party against whom a criminal or civil action is brought see also answer, codefendant compare accused, plaintiff …

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  • 2Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act — The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) of 1976 is a statute under United States law that sets the limitations on how a foreign sovereign nation (or its agents, instrumentalities, or subdivisions) may be sued in U.S. courts. It is the only… …

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  • 3Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 ( FISA USStatute|95|511|92|1783|1978|10|25, usctc|50|36) is an Act of Congress which prescribes procedures for the physical and electronic surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence… …

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  • 4Foreign attachment — In law foreign attachment is a process whereby a creditor may attach money owing to his debtor, or property belonging to the debtor in the possession of third parties. [Anon.] (1911)] Historically, it prevailed as a custom of the City of London.… …

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  • 5foreign attachment — The attachment of property within the jurisdiction but owned by a nonresident defendant. Greene v Johnston, 34 Del Ch 115, 99 A2d 627, 42 ALR2d 906 …

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  • 6Enforcement of foreign judgments — In the Conflict of Laws, issues relevant to the enforcement of foreign judgments are frequently regulated by bilateral treaty or multilateral international convention to facilitate the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments between… …

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  • 7Doctrine of foreign equivalents — This article discusses the trademark doctrine regarding translation of foreign words. For the patent doctrine regarding equivalent means to practice an invention, see Doctrine of equivalents. The doctrine of foreign equivalents is a rule applied… …

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  • 8Anisminic v Foreign Compensation Commission — Anisminic is an important House of Lords decision in the area of administrative law, establishing in particular that any error of law made by a public body will make its decision a nullity and that a statutory exclusion clause does not deprive… …

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  • 9Forum non conveniens — (Latin for inconvenient forum or inappropriate forum ) is a discretionary power of mostly common law courts to refuse to hear a proceeding that has been brought before it. The courts will refuse to take jurisdiction over matters where there is a… …

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  • 10laws, conflict of — Opposition or contradiction in the applicable laws of different states or jurisdictions regarding the rights of the parties in a case. Rules have been created to help determine which set of laws is applicable in a given case, which judicial… …

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