legal custody
31legal action — noun a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong • Syn: ↑action, ↑action at law • Derivationally related forms: ↑action (for:… …
32Legal case — A legal case is a dispute between opposing parties resolved by a court, or by some equivalent legal process. A legal case may be either civil or criminal. There is a defendant and an accuser. Contents 1 A civil case 2 A criminal case 3 Common… …
33Legal guardian — A legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority (and the corresponding duty) to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward. Usually, a person has the status of guardian because the ward is incapable of… …
34custody case — noun a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑legal action, ↑action, ↑action at law …
35custody — cus•to•dy [[t]ˈkʌs tə di[/t]] n. pl. dies 1) keeping; guardianship; care 2) the keeping or charge of officers of the law: in the custody of the police[/ex] 3) imprisonment; legal restraint: He was taken into custody[/ex] 4) law (esp. in a… …
36Legal history of wills — Wills in the Ancient WorldThe will, if not purely Roman in origin, at least owes to Roman law its complete development, a development which in most European countries was greatly aided at a later period by ecclesiastics versed in Roman law. In… …
37legal fiction — a rule assuming as true something that is clearly false. A fiction is often used to get around the provisions of constitutions and legal codes that legislators are hesitant to change or to encumber with specific limitations. Thus, when a… …
38Legal Separation — For all practical purposes, a circumstantial divorce without a legal decree. Legal separation usually entails a court order that two spouses can live apart as unmarried persons, except that they are still married. A couple that is legally… …
39Legal views of suicide — Suicide has historically been treated as a criminal matter in many parts of the world. Although a person who has successfully committed suicide might be thought to be beyond the reach of the law (since they are dead), there could still be legal… …
40Legal status of Sealand — It is claimed by the proponents of the Principality of Sealand that its independence is based on the following propositions: # That when Paddy Roy Bates and his associates occupied Roughs Tower/HM Fort Roughs in 1967 it was located in… …
