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the law of the country in which an action is brought out lex lata: the carried law The law as it has been enacted. lex loci: the law of the place The law of the country, state, or locality where the matter under litigation took place. Usually used in contract law, to determine which laws govern the contract. / ˈ l ɛ k s ˈ l oʊ s aɪ / lex ...
L.Ed — Lawyers' Edition. L.Ed.2d — Lawyers 2nd Edition. LJ – Postnominals of a Lord or Lady Justice of Appeal (United Kingdom) LJJ – Postnominals of Lords or Ladies Justice of Appeal, plural (United Kingdom) LL.B. – Legum Baccalaureus — Bachelor of Laws. LLC — Limited liability company. LL.D. – Legum Doctor — Doctor of Law.
Exemplified copy. An exemplified copy (or exemplification) is an official attested copy or transcript of a public instrument, made under the seal and original pen-in-hand signature [ 1] of a court or public functionary [ 2] and in the name of the sovereign, [ 3] for example, "The People of the State of Oklahoma".
A certified copy is a copy (often a photocopy) of a primary document that has on it an endorsement or certificate that it is a true copy of the primary document. It does not certify that the primary document is genuine, only that it is a true copy of the primary document. A certified copy is often used in English-speaking common law countries ...
Contributory copyright infringement is a way of imposing secondary liability for infringement of a copyright. It is a means by which a person may be held liable for copyright infringement even though he or she did not directly engage in the infringing activity. [1] It is one of the two forms of secondary liability apart from vicarious liability.
Legal instrument is a legal term of art that is used for any formally executed written document that can be formally attributed to its author, [ 1] records and formally expresses a legally enforceable act, process, [ 2] or contractual duty, obligation, or right, [ 3] and therefore evidences that act, process, or agreement. [ 4][ 5] Examples ...
The section sign ( §) is a typographical character for referencing individually numbered sections of a document; it is frequently used when citing sections of a legal code. [ 1 ] It is also known as the section symbol, section mark, double-s, or silcrow. [ 2 ][ 3 ] In other languages it may be called the "paragraph symbol" (for example, German ...
As the Supreme Court explained in an 1847 decision, the police power “is not susceptible of an exact limitation.”. As “new and vicious indulgences” emerged, they required “restraints ...