proposition of law
111dietary law — Judaism. law dealing with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation and combinations, and the utensils and dishes coming into contact with food. Cf. kashruth. [1925 30] * * * ▪ religion Introduction any of the prescriptions as to what… …
112Euthanasia and the law — Efforts to change government policies on euthanasia in the 20th century have met limited success in Western countries. Country policies are described below in alphabetical order, followed by the exceptional case of the Netherlands. Euthanasia… …
113Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy — The Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics Public Policy is a law review published by Notre Dame Law School, founded by Douglas Kmiec. The current editor in chief is Joe Graham. It focuses on modern legal/political problems from a moral/ethical… …
114Old Law — Mosaic Legislation † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mosaic Legislation The body of juridical, moral, and ceremonial institutions, laws, and decisions comprised in the last four books of the Pentateuch, and ascribed by Christian and Hebrew …
115Incident proposition — Incident In ci*dent, a. [L. incidens, entis, p. pr. & of incidere to fall into or upon; pref. in in, on + cadere to fall: cf. F. incident. See {Cadence}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.… …
116California Proposition 196 — a California legislative initiative adding drive by shootings to the list of special circumstances for the death penalty or life imprisonment without possibility of parole for defendants convicted of first degree murder. It was passed in… …
117Soft law — Droit mou Le droit mou (soft law en anglais) est un ensemble de règles dont la « juridicité » est discutée. Ce sont des règles de droit non obligatoires, ce qui est a priori contraire à l essence du droit. On trouve du droit mou en… …
118Gall's law — is a rule of thumb from John Gall s Systemantics: How Systems Really Work and How They Fail :: A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. The inverse proposition also appears to be true: A… …
119Merger doctrine (property law) — In the law of real property, the merger doctrine stands for the proposition that the contract for the conveyance of property merges into the deed of conveyance; therefore, any guarantees made in the contract that are not reflected in the deed are …
120Relevance (law) — Relevance, in the common law of evidence, is the tendency of a given item of evidence to prove or disprove one of the legal elements of the case, or to have probative value to make one of the elements of the case likelier or not. Evidence that is …
