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41Law of the Netherlands — The Netherlands is a civil law country. Its laws are written and the application of customary law is exceptional. The role of case law is small in theory, although in practice it is impossible to understand the law in many fields without also… …
42criminal justice system — n. The government’s system of law enforcement that apprehends, prosecutes, and punishes criminals, including law enforcement officers, courts, and correctional institutions. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of… …
43at law — adj. Relating to law, as opposed to equity . =>> equity, operation of law. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …
44English law — The system of law that has developed in England from approximately 1066 to the present. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. English law The system of law that has developed in Englan …
45case law — n: law established by judicial decisions in cases as distinguished from law created by legislation – called also decisional law; see also common law Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
46international law — n: a body of laws, rules, or legal principles that are based on custom, treaties, or legislation and that control or affect the rights and duties of nations in relation to each other compare internal law Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… …
47law — n 1. principle, regulation, rule, ordinance, bylaw, statute; enactment, act, measure, bill; control, restriction, ban, embargo, prohibition. 2. command, mandate, commandment, directive, order, court order, injunction, decree, edict, dictate,… …
48governing law — A contract provision (also known as a choice of law) that determines which states laws should be followed in the event of a dispute. Category: Business, LLCs & Corporations → Self Employed Consultants & Contractors Nolo’s Plain English Law… …
49foreign law — the law of any jurisdiction having a different system of law from that applied by the court considering the issue. In English law what is the foreign law in any given case is a matter of fact to be proved by the evidence of expert witnesses.… …
50Law of the People's Republic of China — is the legal regime of the People s Republic of China, with the separate legal traditions and systems of Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Between 1954 and 1978, there was not very much effort within the People s Republic of China to create a …
