enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Intervention (law) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervention_(law)

    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 ...

  3. Amicus curiae - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amicus_curiae

    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.

  4. List of Philippine legal terms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Philippine_legal_terms

    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.

  5. Quizlet - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quizlet

    In November 2022, Quizlet announced a new CEO, Lex Bayer, the former CEO of Starship Technologies. [23] In March 2023, Quizlet started to incorporate AI features with the release "Q-Chat", a virtual AI tutor powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT API. [24] [25] [26] Quizlet launched four additional AI powered features in August 2023 to assist with student ...

  6. Law dictionary - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_dictionary

    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.

  7. Negotiorum gestio - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negotiorum_gestio

    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.

  8. Black's Law Dictionary - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black's_Law_Dictionary

    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.

  9. Regulation of chemicals - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_chemicals

    The regulation of chemicals is the legislative intent of a variety of national laws or international initiatives such as agreements, strategies or conventions.These international initiatives define the policy of further regulations to be implemented locally as well as exposure or emission limits.