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A.R

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Guide to Latin in International Law (2 ed.)

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2022
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6 words

An abbreviation of Anno regni.

Aaland Islands Case

Aaland Islands Case   Reference library

Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (3 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Law, International Law
Length:
225 words

(1920) L.N.O.J. Spec. Supp. No. 3. During the union between Sweden and Finland, the Aaland Islands formed part of

AAP Case

AAP Case (1975)   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia

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Current Version:
2007
Subject:
Law
Length:
830 words

(1975).

The Social Welfare Commission Act 1973 (Cth) was an initiative of the Whitlam era. It established

Aarhus Convention

Aarhus Convention   Reference library

The New Oxford Companion to Law

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Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Law
Length:
421 words

On 25 June 1998, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe adopted the Convention on Access to Information, Public

AB 540

AB 540   Reference library

Hinda Seif

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in Contemporary Politics, Law, and Social Movements

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2015
Subject:
Social sciences, Politics, Law
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986 words

AB 540 (Assembly Bill 540; California Education Code 68130.5) is a bill signed into law in California in 2001 that

Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia

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Guide to Latin in International Law (2 ed.)

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2022
Subject:
Law
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66 words
“A progression from abuse to use is ineffective.” A maxim meaning that the use or application of a principle or other thing or idea may lead to invalid or undesirable consequences if the ... More
abandonment

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A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)

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Current Version:
2015
Subject:
Law
Length:
192 words

1 The act of giving up a legal right, particularly a right of ownership of property. Property that has been abandoned is ...

abandonment

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A Dictionary of Law (10 ed.)

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2022
Subject:
Law
Length:
290 words

1. The act of giving up a legal right, particularly a right of ownership of property. Property that has been abandoned is ...

abandonment

abandonment   Reference library

Australian Law Dictionary (3 ed.)

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Current Version:
2018
Subject:
Law
Length:
303 words

Giving something up absolutely, throwing it, or the right to it, away; relinquishing it. Abandonment is subjective rather than objective;

Ab ante

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Guide to Latin in International Law (2 ed.)

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2022
Subject:
Law
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28 words

“From before.” Done in advance or prior to a relevant event. An alternative formulation is Ab antecedente. See also Ex ante...

Ab antecedente

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Guide to Latin in International Law (2 ed.)

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2022
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16 words

“From the preceding.” An alternative formulation of Ab ante.

Ab antiquo

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Guide to Latin in International Law (2 ed.)

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2022
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113 words
“From antiquity.” Having been so since ancient times; having a temporally distant origin. E.g., “As regards the claim of the Jews to be allowed to bring appurtenances to the Wall, such as ... More
abatement

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A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)

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2015
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74 words
(of nuisances) The termination, removal, or destruction of a *nuisance. A person injured by a nuisance has a right to abate it. In doing so, he must not do more damage than is necessary ... More
abatement

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A Dictionary of Law (10 ed.)

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2022
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Law
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492 words

1. (of debts) The proportionate reduction in the payment of debts that takes place if a person’s assets are insufficient to settle with his creditors in full....

abatement

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Australian Law Dictionary (3 ed.)

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Current Version:
2018
Subject:
Law
Length:
215 words

Relief from or lessening of some impost or obligation.

(1) In commercial and testamentary contexts an insufficiency of estate assets

Abbasid Dynasty

Abbasid Dynasty   Reference library

The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Law, History
Length:
1,385 words

As early as the 680s, the Umayyad Dynasty had to confront various Shiʿi opposition movements calling for the caliphate to

abdication

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Australian Law Dictionary (3 ed.)

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2018
Subject:
Law
Length:
169 words

Voluntary renunciation of power or high office, especially of the throne by the sovereign, effected by statute. Thus to marry

abduction

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A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)

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2015
Subject:
Law
Length:
148 words

1 Wrongfully taking away or detaining another person, usually by force or fraud. See also child abduction; false imprisonment; kidnapping...

abduction

abduction   Reference library

Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (3 ed.)

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Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Law, International Law
Length:
149 words

The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction of 25 October 1980 (1343 U.N.T.S. 97)

abduction

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A Dictionary of Law (10 ed.)

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Current Version:
2022
Subject:
Law
Length:
20 words

Wrongfully taking away or detaining another person, usually by force or fraud. See child abduction; false imprisonment; kidnapping.

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