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In general, the goal of the intervenor is to influence the court in making its decision, not just to "assist" the court. Canadian and British courts use the term "amicus curiae" in a more limited sense. Generally, in Canada, an amicus curiae is someone who has been specifically commissioned by the court to provide a viewpoint which the court ...
The role of an amicus was described by Lord Justice of Appeal Cyril Salmon in Allen v Sir Alfred McAlpine & Sons Ltd [1968] 2 QB 229 at p. 266 F-G: . I had always understood that the role of an amicus curiae was to help the court by expounding the law impartially, or if one of the parties were unrepresented, by advancing the legal arguments on his behalf.
intervenor-oppositor N/A: English An intervenor who opposes the case of the petitioner. [11] Sometimes shortened to just "oppositor". [12] Cf. petitioner-in-intervention. JBC N/A: English Judicial and Bar Council: judge-at-large: N/A: English A judge without a permanent sala.
Negotiorum gestio ([nəˌgō.shē-ˈȯr-əm-ˈgestēˌō], Latin for "management of business") is a form of spontaneous voluntary agency in which an intervenor or intermeddler, the gestor, acts on behalf and for the benefit of a principal (dominus negotii), but without the latter's prior consent.
As pointed out by Sandro Nielsen in 1994, law dictionaries can serve various functions. The traditional law dictionary with definitions of legal terms serves to help users understand the legal texts they read (a communicative function) or to acquire knowledge about legal matters independent of any text (a cognitive function) – such law dictionaries are usually monolingual.
Joinder in criminal law is the inclusion of additional counts or additional defendants on an indictment.In English law, charges for any offence may be joined in the same indictment if those charges are founded on the same facts or form or are a part of a series of offences of the same or a similar nature.
Intervenor compensation is a practice in which community representatives and public advocates are compensated by the state for their involvement in regulatory procedures of public interest. Intervenor compensation programs have been suggested or enacted in several American states, examples of enactment include California , [ 1 ] Hawaii , [ 2 ...
The first edition was published in 1891 by West Publishing, with the full title A Dictionary of Law: containing definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern, including the principal terms of international constitutional and commercial law, with a collection of legal maxims and numerous select titles from the civil law and other foreign systems.