principles of law

  • 101fact and law — A term used to denote issues or events that have taken place and the legal jurisdiction that governs how they are viewed. Fact in legal terms, is the event, while law refers to the actual rules that determine how facts are viewed by the courts.… …

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  • 102unwritten law — un·writ·ten law n: law based chiefly on custom rather than legislative enactments Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. unwritten law …

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  • 103law merchant — A body of commercial law embracing the usages of merchants in different commercial countries, but not resting exclusively on the institutions and local customs of any particular country, consisting of certain principles of equity and usages of… …

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  • 104law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law. [1615 25] * * * ▪ medieval European law       during the Middle Ages, the body of customary rules and… …

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  • 105fundamental law — index constitution, principle (axiom) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 fundamental law …

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  • 106law merchant — noun the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑mercantile law, ↑commercial law • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 107grab law — State statutory provisions and common law principles that govern the aggressive use of legal and equitable remedies, such as attachment and garnishment, by creditors to collect payment from debtors. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American …

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  • 108Listing Principles — The high level enforceable principles contained in chapter 7 of the Listing Rules. The Listing Principles are designed to assist listed companies in identifying their obligations and responsibilities under the Listing Rules and the Disclosure… …

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  • 109statement of funding principles — (SFP) Introduced by the Pensions Act 2004, the trustees of a salary related scheme must prepare and maintain a statement of funding principles (SFP). The SFP must set out the trustees policy for meeting the statutory funding objective and contain …

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  • 110Salmon principles — England, Wales he six cardinal principles of fair procedure under the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1921 devised by Lord Justice Salmon, who, in 1966, chaired a Royal Commission on Tribunals of Inquiry following dissatisfaction with procedural… …

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